This course focuses on instructing you in teaching text annotation, context clue usage, and fostering purposeful reading across grade levels. You will also learn how to assess student understanding through well-crafted writing prompts and assessment questions.
This teacher professional development course emphasizes the significance of teaching students of various grade levels the skill of effective text annotation and explains its importance in helping them interact more deeply with the text. Participants will understand how to guide students in using context clues and text annotation to enhance their comprehension of reading assignments. Furthermore, the course provides insights into how students can employ annotation to answer assessment questions.
By the end of the course, you will have planned for the strategies and skills you will be teaching your students and will be ready to implement the ideas into your classroom using the provided resources, templates, and plans in this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 12 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of teaching students at multiple grade levels to use text annotation
- Learn how students can use text annotation and context clues to gain a deep understanding of their reading assignments
- Discover how students can use annotation to help them respond to assessment questions
How you will benefit
- Your students will be able to engage more deeply with texts, allowing you to be able to explore more detailed texts with your students
- Your students will develop the strategies and skills required to analyze texts on their own, which will serve them in your class and others
- You will see an increase in engagement, discourse, and interest in the texts you read as students learn how to understand more deeply what they are reading and connect it to their lives
Self-Study