How can text structures help in summarizing a passage?

They help students organize key ideas into relationships like cause/effect

Why is it important to provide students with opportunities to collaborate on answering questions?

It helps students practice different question types & justify reasoning

What is the main purpose of teaching students to ask and answer questions while reading?

Help them integrate new information w/ prior knowledge and draw inferences

Which of the following is an example of a ‘Right There’ question?

What did President Johnson call his ideas to fight poverty?

What does a gist statement do?

Summarizes a passage in a one to two important sentences

What is a key strategy for helping students generate their own questions?

Providing question stems to guide their thinking

How do ‘Think and Search’ questions differ from ‘Right There’ questions?

‘Think and Search’ require synthesizing info from multiple sections of text

What is the first step in generating a gist statement?

Identifying the most important person, place, or thing in the text

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Comprehension Practices to Help Students Make Sense of Text

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Vaughn, et al. (2022). Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4-9.

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How can text structures help in summarizing a passage?
They help students organize key ideas into relationships like cause/effect
They allow students to skim the text quickly
They eliminate the need to understand complex details
They show students where to find the easiest sentences because of key words
2
‘Think and Search’ questions require students to look in multiple parts of the text for the answer.
False
True
3
Why is it important to provide students with opportunities to collaborate on answering questions?
It helps students practice different question types & justify reasoning
It ensures every student gets the same answer
It prevents students from making mistakes
It makes reading more competitive
4
Teaching students to ask and answer questions can help them become more independent readers.
True
False
5
What is the main purpose of teaching students to ask and answer questions while reading?
To encourage memorization of facts
Help them integrate new information w/ prior knowledge and draw inferences
Improve their spelling and grammar
To make reading more entertaining and interesting
6
Gist statements should include every detail from the text.
False
True
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Which of the following is an example of a ‘Right There’ question?
What did President Johnson call his ideas to fight poverty?
How does the author feel about the topic?
What is the main idea of the passage?
Why is poverty difficult to eliminate?
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What does a gist statement do?
Lists all key details from the passage
Summarizes a passage in a one to two important sentences
Copies the main sentence from the passage
Explains the author's purpose for writing the text
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What is a key strategy for helping students generate their own questions?
Having students memorize standardized test questions
Asking students to write only multiple-choice questions
Providing question stems to guide their thinking
Allowing students to guess the answers without reading
10
How do ‘Think and Search’ questions differ from ‘Right There’ questions?
‘Right There’ are always the hardest
‘Right There’ require students to form their own opinions
‘Think and Search’ require synthesizing info from multiple sections of text
‘Think and Search’ rely on prior knowledge
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What is the first step in generating a gist statement?
Identifying the most important person, place, or thing in the text
Highlighting every sentence
Summarizing the passage word for word
Skimming the text to circle key words and phrases

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