How to Teach Comprehension With Diane Snowball

Many motivated school teachers and leaders are looking for better ways to teach comprehension. A big question that teachers often ask themselves is whether students are really getting deep understanding, or if it is just superficial knowledge?To talk about this, Sharon Callen is again joined by Diane Snowball, a highly experienced educator who led significant change in education throughout whole school districts in the US as well as Australia.The literacy leaders talk about recommended teaching methods as well as those to avoid, how to know if you're getting better at teaching comprehension and whether students are understanding it, key differences between younger and older readers, and much more! Enjoy, and let us know thoughts and feedback in our Facebook Group. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast player. JOIN CUE LEARNING'S NEXT LIVE WEBINAR!Find upcoming events here and previous webinars (online video courses) here.Other matching PDF resources can be found at Teachific. FEATURED RESOURCESWhat Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction - Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension,  by David Pearson and Nell DukeComprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent: From Strategy Instruction to Student Independence, by: Michelle J. Kelley, Nicki Clausen-GraceReading the Whole Page by Michelle Kelley  (Author), Nicki Clausen-Grace (Author) : Teaching and Assessing Text Features to Meet K-5 Common Core StandardsThe Land of Never Endings by Kate SaundersA Particular Cow by Mem FoxWho Sank the Boat by Pamela AllenThis and That by Mem FoxTEACHIFICTen Types of Inferring F-6 by Diane SnowballLIST OF COMPREHENSION STRATEGIESSetting a purposePredicting using prior knowledgeThinking aloudInferringUsing text structures and featuresQuestioning (by the reader)Monitoring your own understandingClarifying meaningFix up strategiesVisualisingForming visual representationsSummarisingRetellingGot any questions? Feedback? Thoughts? Email the Cue office at: [email protected] Teacher’s Tool Kit For Literacy is the free podcast for motivated teachers and school leaders who want the latest tips, tricks and tools to inspire their students and school community in literacy learning. Hear from literacy expert and founder of Cue Learning, Sharon Callen, and special guests.At Cue Learning, our literacy specialists draw on over 30 years of teaching and international consulting experience to deliver world-class learning solutions. We equip, empower and support teachers to become their authentic selves. To find out about upcoming events, and about how Cue can help you and your school, visit the Cue Learning website http://www.cuelearning.com.au/ and sign up to our newsletter https://cuelearning.com.au/contact/And you can get even more amazing teaching resources, right now, at Teachific https://www.teachific.com.au/.To make sure you don’t miss any literacy learning tips and insights, please subscribe to our show on your favourite podcast player. MORE INFORMATION AT A GLANCE:Visit cuelearning.com.auSubscribe to the Teacher’s Tool Kit For Literacy podcasts  or join on Apple  Podcasts hereContact the Cue office:  [email protected] our Teacher's Toolkit facebook groupFind connected resources on TeachificSee upcoming online eventsSee our online video courses hereAnd finally, read our insightful blogs hereProduced by Apiro Media https://apiropodcasts.com