Friday, October 14, 2011
Comprehension in Kindergarten?!?!
The first two articles I read this week (Gill and Pardo) were very informative, but almost identical in their description of comprehension and how to implement comprehension strategies into daily learning. I found "Kindergartners Can Do It, Too!" to be so refreshing and quite frankly, cool! I am taking a graduate course on teaching kindergarten, and we talk often about curriculum. Comprehension is present in the language arts curriculum of kindergarten, and before reading this article, I was clueless about how to teach this concept to 5 year olds. Mrs. Hope made it look so easy and fun! Although the children were not always reading the book themselves, the fact that they understood their role of activating schemas was very profound. I particularly enjoyed Mrs. Hope's Velcro Theory as a way to help her students connect and build upon their existing knowledge. I will definitely steal her "click" technique before read-aloud sessions as well!
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I also loved the idea of having the children raise a C (connections, V (visualization), or wiggle their fingers for questions! This might also be something you could use in your classroom as a way to get your kids involved in the read-aloud sessions!
ReplyDeleteI agree at first it seems impossible to teach the concept of comprehension to a 5 year old. However, now that we are learning methods to do so it becomes even more evident just how essential it is for us to begin at this young age with comprehension. Building a foundation of understanding what they are reading will benefit our students in their further development.
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