Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade practice guide:
Recommendation 1: Teach students academic language skills, including the use of inferential and narrative language, and word knowledge
- How-to Step 1: Engage students in conversations that support the use and comprehension of inferential language.
Please note that the Introductory Session may be combined with Session 1. The PowerPoint file is the same in case the facilitator would like to facilitate these as a combined session.
Materials
- Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade practice guide pages 6-9
- Professional Learning Communities Facilitator’s Guide pages 5-10
- Professional Learning Communities Participant’s Activities
- Activity 1: Inferential Language Examples, pg. 1
- Activity 2: Developing Inferential Language, pg. 2
- Activity 3: Prepare to Share, pg. 3
- PowerPoint Slides for Session 1
