What do great readers do? How would you answer this question? How would your students?
As GREAT readers we…
- read for meaning
- understand and think about Big Ideas
- think deeply about the message and meaning as it relates to ourselves and the world
- we recognize how genre, text structure, and medium influence the message and the strategies we use to unlock it
- word aware – thinking carefully about how to most efficiently decode the form, syntax, and language style used in conveying the message
- mediate meaning in reflective and social ways - talking to and sharing our thoughts with other readers to ensure that we are understanding at the deepest levels
- learn from writers by attending to and appreciating the tools and strategies they use to construct and deliver their Big Ideas
GREAT reading is not determined by age, "level", or score on a test. Great readers are developed over time, and become more competent and confident the more they practice this work across increasingly more complex texts.
The goal of today's literacy conversation is to answer this question with conviction and specificity .Listen in as I define what "Great Reading" means, model how great readers approach their work, and ensure students that I believe and expect them to be …GREAT READERS!
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