HOMEWelcome I hope you are interested in setting up or sustaining a proficient reader classroom. I had you in mind when I built this site. If you are here because you enjoyed my professional development sessions, thank you This site is designed to support you, as well. Why Like. To. Read In the late 1. I learned how to help students who could read words but could not comprehend. After reading Mosaic of Thought, the first book where proficient reader strategies were explained, I tried lessons in 2nd 5th grades first to see if what I read would work. Then, I took the ideas to K 1, middle school and high school with astounding results as you will read on these pages. Of course, test scores went up. More importantly, older students began reading again. I thought that parents and teachers should know about the proficient reader research as well, and so I began consulting, publishing articles, and writing Like. To. Read, Like. To. Write and FacebookLike. Welcome I hope you are interested in setting up or sustaining a proficientreader classroom. I had you in mind when I built this site. If you are here because you. Brainstorm Diagram Programs' title='Brainstorm Diagram Programs' />1. Discuss with students the structure of flowers. Begin by making a list of all the flower parts they know. Then show students a diagram of a flower and discuss the. MindMap/edrawmindmap.png' alt='Brainstorm Diagram Programs' title='Brainstorm Diagram Programs' />To. Write. Starting in 2. I began working with school transformation teams to help schools move up and out of a low performance measure. Common Core and New State Curricula In 2. Disagreements emerged strategies should or should not be taught in isolation, and dont teach connections any more, for example. But, the proficient reader strategies are still in Common Core not in isolation, but integrated, as they should be. In addition, weve learned more about teaching each strategy in the 2. Best Izotope Plugins Keygen - And Torrent 2016. Using a bubble diagram is my favorite way to brainstorm. I remember learning how to do it in elementary school, and I still use it as an adult. The Karpman Drama Triangle and the book A Game Free Life is used worldwide in psychiatry, counseling psychology, and business development workshops. A visual learning tool that inspires students to develop and organize their ideas. It supports visual thinking techniques, enabling students to easily create and. Mosaic of Thought first was published. For example Avoid teaching text to text, text to world, or text to self connections naming is irrelevant. In fact, Keene Zimmerman have revised Mosaic of Thought. We know there is no one way to teach these strategies. I offer a starting point with hopes that you will branch out from there. Applies to all content areas. Students benefit when teachers demonstrate how they solve reading challenges. The students try the modeled way and then discuss how the teachers advice worked. They talk about their struggles, how they worked through them, and add new strategies to the list of possibilities. They reflect on their learning. The teachers of any content can follow this same pattern. Who better to model how to read a science document, solve a math problem, or read music than the teacher of that content If teachers adopt the same language across the school, students see how learning is related regardless of the content. Ready for change. If you have students whose only fix up strategy is sound it out, or students who dont care about discussing deeper meanings of texts, or students who dont like to read, youre probably ready for a change like I was. Read my site to understand the comprehension process. Download the sample lesson plans I offer FREE. Look for the hot links in the text and in the right sidebars. Use the search box to find help for specific problems. Use Quick Search to find topics by alphabetical order. Read Luckily, now there are many articles and lesson books to guide us. Attend conferences. Share ideas with your colleagues. I can come to your school and explain in more detail. Still have work to do Not so long ago, Education Leadership reported that college professors asked students to solve problems that had no answers or had complex answers. The young adults didnt know how. Our students are still not prepared to think despite the programs we have in place. Thinking IS the point. Clearly, we still have more work to do. At the very least, when children leave our care, they should Like To Read, and they will if they understand what theyre reading. I believe my site will help. Visit Karen Haags website devoted to writing Updates 1. Check sidebars for FREE lessons, units. You will find lessons and units in this part of each page that you can download FOR FREE Your first FREE downloadGet started on your journey by reading my 1. Tips for Changing to a Proficient Reader Classroom. CLICK to download 1. Tips3. Quick Search. I welcome your comments. I enjoy getting your feedback and suggestions. Email me at khaagliketowrite. Facebook page. I try to respond quickly Karen.