Reading+Comprehension

This is an excellent resource to assist in teaching comprehension skills. It is also excellent for teaching social skills. This is reference to research on this methodology.

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Youtube video of Story Grammar Marker for conflict resolution.

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Youtube video of Story Grammar Marker for wh questions.

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This site has lesson plans for specific books.

Here is some information about reading and ASD.

Here is an article on the use of highlighting tape [|Highlighting] Here is some of the information from that article >  > > ** Highlighter Tape: ** Many children with autism possess relative strengths in their reading recognition skills (decoding), but experience significant difficulty understanding what they have read (comprehension). Highlighter tape is an economical, non-destructive way to highlight text wherever needed via a removable transparent tape (25). The tape can be used in such ways as highlighting key words pertaining to a reading comprehension question. Different colors of highlight tape can be used to encode different significant concepts (e.g., blue highlighter to mark ** dates **, yellow highlight tape to mark ** people ** , etc.).  > [] > Free site with great lessons!!  > [] > great reading comprehension strategies > > [] > Great FREE site for kids > > > [] > I am SOOOOO excited to have found this. IT is very easy to put the information in and get grade level material. > > [] > This is an easy one if you have a book and you want to know it's reading level. >  > http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/lessonplan_detail.php?lp_id=73 > This has great ideas about making connections.  > http://realclassroomideas.com/resources/Reading-BB+Comprehension+Posters.pdf > More comprehension ideas. >  > http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/Student%20Reading%20Comprehension%20Strategies%20explanation%20from%20Leslie.pdf > > Reading Comprehension strateigies > http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/comprehension_strategies.html > Good explanation of strategies. >  > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892026/ > Great article on comprehension and autism. > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/april2005/day/day.html > Good article about the different comprehension questions > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">[] > Reading Comprehension and ASD > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">http://comsewogue.org/webpages/drosenquist/reading_workshop.cfm?subpage=640939 > Non-fiction reading comprehension skills >
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Reading Centers** – highlighter tapes are great to highlight words and paragraphs without harming the text in books or other documents as part of your reading center activities. Students can apply tape and then write over text in pencil or ballpoint pen in order to practice writing letters and words or to scribble notes without harming school books and other materials.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Focus and Attention** – you can also use the fluorescent highlighter tape to capture students’ attention and keeps their focus on exactly what you want, helping the kids improve their reading comprehension skills. Students can change their minds as to what needs to be highlighted and edit their work by simply repositioning the tape on the page! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #346799; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">

http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm Reading comprehension passages

How and why to use post it notes http://www.examiner.com/article/teaching-students-to-become-active-readers

How to help a child sequence:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">: ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #114477; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">lisapresbrey@cox.net