> "Transferring
comprehension from listening to reading" is an excellent article
> written by Patricia Cunningham The Reading Teacher volume 29 date
1975
> pages 169-172
>
> Patricia Cunningham gives this example for a lesson. The mistakes
are mine. The
> ideas are hers!
> Like main ideas,
inferences are very difficult for many elementary school
> children. Those who are not as able to to make inferences are often
helped by
> listening to others explain on what evidence they based their inferences.
>
> 1. Set the purpose for listening: On the board, I have listed five
possible
> outcomes for the story I will read to you. As I read, try to think
how the story
> might come out. I will stop and we will choose one of these outcomes,
then I
> will finish the story and see if we were right.
>
> 2. Read the story, stop and ask children to predict which will be
the real
> outcome. Have children support their predictions with actual events
from the
> story.
>
> 3. Finish the story.
>
> 4. Give the students part of a story to read and a sheet with five
possible
> outcomes. Remind them that they will the same thing in reading as
they did in
> listening.
>
> 5. Students read the passage and choose the most likely outcome.
>
> 6. Give the students the rest of the story to read; they explain which
events in
> the story led them to choose a particular outcome.
Danny and the Dinosaur
written by Syd Hoff
List the following
sentences on the board.
1. The dinosaur
went home with Emily Elizabeth to live with Clifford the Big Red
Dog.
2. The dinosaur went back to the museum. They need him there.
3. The dinosaur hid behind a skyscrapper until the children found him.
4. Danny wished that the dinosaur would live with him forever.
Read pages through
52-53. Then read the sentences to the class. Have the children
do #2.
Read through page 60. Do #2 again.
Finish the book and do #2 again.
Then, get another
Danny the Dinosaur book generate a few optional sentences and do
again. :)
