Unit 1: Monitor Comprehension (Metacognition)
Unit Essential Question: What tricks can I use to help me become a successful reader?
Concept: Have an Inner Conversation
Lesson Essential Question: How does having an inner conversation as I read help me to better understand what I am reading?
VOCABULARY:
Concept: Use Fix-UP strategies
Lesson Essential Question: How can I use fix-up strategies when I find I have lost my way while reading?
VOCABULARY:
Concept: Make Connections
Lesson Essential Question: Why is it important for good readers to read, write, and talk about text?
VOCABULARY:
Ever-Changing Sky Article
Unit Essential Question: What tricks can I use to help me become a successful reader?
Concept: Have an Inner Conversation
Lesson Essential Question: How does having an inner conversation as I read help me to better understand what I am reading?
VOCABULARY:
- Inner conversation
- Comprehension
- Inner voice
- Tracks your thinking
- Connections
- Experience
- Background knowledge
Concept: Use Fix-UP strategies
Lesson Essential Question: How can I use fix-up strategies when I find I have lost my way while reading?
VOCABULARY:
- Straying
- Meaning
- Fix-up strategies
- Confusion
- Distracting connection
Concept: Make Connections
Lesson Essential Question: Why is it important for good readers to read, write, and talk about text?
VOCABULARY:
- Stop
- Think
- React
- Margin Notes
Ever-Changing Sky Article