Knowledge Building to Strengthen and Deepen Comprehension
Program Description:
This institute will help teachers further their understanding of reading research on the connections between knowledge building and reading comprehension. Participants will study the implications these findings have for classroom instruction. Teachers will then harvest this research while studying and practicing together in a collegial community. Participants will have first-hand experiences using and building text sets, will study key research on background knowledge, vocabulary development and explicit instruction. Together we will study the ways that replicable instructional strategies can be utilized for read aloud and close reading. In addition, drawing on the research on the science of learning, including culturally sustaining pedagogies, teachers will consider the role of student discourse, writing, and joy in not only building knowledge and content, but how they foster a community of learners.