
Fourth-grade teacher scaffolds specific comprehension thought processes her students need to synthesize what they have read.
Teacher Jenny Tandy (Kerrick Elementary, Louisville, Ky.) scaffolds specific comprehension thought processes her fourth-grade students need to synthesize what they have read. She encourages the students to use text features and questioning strategies using post-it notes.
Being able to synthesize what they read extends the literal meaning enabling the reader to make inferences, comparisons, and decisions about a text's overall meaning.
This video was originally part of a multimedia professional development resource, Literacy Without Limits, produced by KET in 2007 in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education.
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Kentucky Department of Education: Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning
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