Comprehension Bookmark

Tier 1 Text Routines/Prompts

Routines

1. Read-To
   • Start w/ brief Preview
   • T. prompts & reads aloud
   • S. track & read silently
   • General Queries
      
2. Echo Read
   • T. prompts & models aloud
   • S. track & echo chorally
   • Deeper Queries
      
3. Partner Read (change roles with each page or 1/2 page)
   • Leaders prompt
   • S. choral read
   • Kid Comp
      

Prompts

Read-To

1. Fingers on_____
   My Turn. You point.
    

Echo

1. Fingers on_____
   My Turn. You point.
    
2. Fingers on_____
   Voices together.
    

Partners

1. Fingers on_____
   Voices together.
    
2. What does the author want
   us to know about this part?
    

Tier 1 Text Questioning

QtA Basic Queries

What does the author want us to know?
What have we learned so far?
What's happening here?

QtA Deep Queries

Narrative:
Focus on plot, characters, theme.
Ask students to find evidence in the text.

Expository:
Focus on main idea, key details, compare & contrast.
Ask students to find evidence in the text.

Related Text = other, grade-level text from core program related to that main selection

Wide Text = other, grade-level text not related to core program