The Making Meaning program, with its emphasis on comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary, matches three of the key skill areas addressed in the U.S. Department of Education Reading First guidelines.
Reading First
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Making Meaning
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| Comprehension |
- A structured, week-by-week curriculum teaches nine comprehension strategies that can be applied to a wide range of narrative and expository texts.
- The program makes regular use of the following comprehension-related instructional techniques: read-alouds, teacher-facilitated conversations, Individualized Daily Reading, and monitoring of students’ comprehension process.
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| Fluency |
- Students read daily with books of their own selection. Regular reading, with frequent check-ins by the teacher, helps students build fluency.
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| Vocabulary Development |
- Explicit vocabulary building is part of every Making Meaning unit.
- The program includes a focus on new vocabulary for English Language Learners.
- Individualized Daily Reading exposes students to large quantities of text, which helps to build their reading vocabulary.
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