You are at an interview in hopes of securing a fifth-grade teaching position. The principal asks you to explain how you plan to teach fifth graders to comprehend narrative text. Write a response to the principal, incorporating the following in your reply:
a brief statement about why comprehension is important;a description of three specific strategies you will use; andresearch or a theory to support your points (be sure to make a clear connection to the research or theory).
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary but should cover the following:[Several ideas will work here (such as schema theory), but the important aspect is that a connection is made directly to the rest of the response.] Comprehension is essential to the reading process--without comprehension, reading is pointless (numerous examples can be included, such as think-alouds, QAR, etc.)
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