EDMS 521-Domain 5

TC NAME: Haley Hemrich

RICA Domain: Comprehension

RICA Competency: Comprehension: Instruction and Assessment-Expository/Informational Texts and Study Skills

Grade Level: Kindergarten

INSTRUCTION: I observed Mrs. M read a story about a bat and a specific sequence of events. The book is not the typical expository text, but it is informational in that it teaches what bats eat, when they sleep, how they sleep, when they fly and more. While reading this story, Mrs. M asked several questions like, "What do you think happens next?" and "Why did Stellaluna do that?" These questions allowed children to create predictions in order to analyze their hypotheses afterward. The class was instructed to create a sequence of events following the reading to determine their level of comprehension.

Before the Story was read, Mrs. M activated background knowledge and asked students to link text to personal life events. The teacher also conducted a picture walk to allow predictions to be made and introduce some vocabulary, such as: nocturnal and fruit bat. During reading the teacher asked probing questions to allow more predictions and summarizations. After the reading, the teacher asked students
 to make connections and summarize the story. Student's comprehension was assessed through the activity that asked students to cut out the pictures from the story and put them in order of the events that occured in the book.

INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING:
The students were all in the front of the classroom for the before, during and after aspects of the reading of "Stellaluna". Each child was completely engaged throughout the reading, due to the many aspects that were incorporated into this reading in order to allow the best predictions and connections to be made. The students were then able to demonstrate comprehension in the follow-up activity center. The activity was developmentally appropriate for their abilities at this point in the year.