Now I Get It! Overview
Now I Get It!
K-5 Comprehension Strategies for Fiction and Nonfiction
is designed for both
whole-class and small-group instruction in Kindergarten through Grade
5. Using the shared reading instructional strategy, teachers share,
demonstrate, and practice with students the specific comprehension
skills and strategies that are required to comprehend text in a variety
of genres and text types.
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Students learn and practice critical
comprehension strategies:
> Making connections
> Answering and generating questions
> Visualizing
> Making Inferences
> Recognizing text structures
> Determining importance
> Synthesizing/summarizing. |
Both text posters and
comprehension posters are
provided in 3 formats:
> Poster 22" x 28"
> Reproducible
> Transparency
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Each Grade-Level program includes:
- 16 Full-Color Text-Posters: 22"x28" (8 Fiction & 8 Nonfiction)
- 16 Black & White Write-On/Wipe-Off Graphic Organizer/Comprehension Posters: 22"x28" (one for each text poster)
- 32 Transparencies: 8 1/2"x11" (one for each text and comprehension poster)
- 16 Lesson Plan Booklets:
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Includes reproducible masters of the relevant text and comprehension posters
- Guidebook for Instruction
- Sturdy Suitcase Box (for easy storage)
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Text Posters
The Now I Get It! text posters provide well written, short text passages
with compelling illustrations, photographs, and diagrams.
Text Posters in each Now I Get It! grade-level program are:
> Divided evenly between fiction and nonfiction.
> Based on grade-appropriate topics that match national curriculum standards in science, social studies and language arts.
Comprehension Posters/Graphic Organizers
Comprehension Posters/Graphic Organizers provide additional
opportunities to reread while deepening the understanding of the text
and the application of a specific comprehension strategy.
Transparencies
32 overhead transparencies (8 1/2" x 11"), one of each poster and graphic organizer,
are also included for classroom use.
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Lesson Plans
Now I Get It! provides explicit, shared-reading lesson plans that target comprehension strategies for each text passage.
Each 4 -page Lesson Plan booklet follows an effective instructional sequence:
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Session 1: Text Poster
1) Introducing the Text
2) Reading the Text
3) Discussing the Text
4) Follow-Up
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Session 2: Comprehension Poster
1) Reflecting on the Text
2) Reading the Text
3) Analyzing the Text
4) Follow-Up |
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Additional Instructional Support Includes:
- Clearly Defined Comprehension Strategies and Explicit Teaching Focus
- Vocabulary Expansion and Development
- Guided Reading Links
- Models of Effective Teaching Languauge and Instructional Conversations
- Tips for Increasing Fluency
- ELL Support
- Reproducible Masters
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Guidebook
Now I Get It! Guidebook for Instruction provides teachers important background information on:
> Critical Comprehension Strategies
> Understanding Genres and Text-Types
> Differentiating Instruction
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