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- Reading Comprehension Home
- Making Connections
- Fluency
- Determining Importance
- Inferring
- Metacognition
- Questioning
- Synthesizing
- Visualizing and Imagery
- Vocabulary and Word Identification
- Writing Across the Curriculum
Important UNCG Links
Metacognition
- About Metacognition
- Professional Books to help you develop lesson plans
- Children’s Books to use in lesson plans
- Some Helpful Web sites
Children’s and Young Adult Books to be used in lesson plans:
Cannon, J. (1993). Stellaluna. New York: Harcourt Brace.
After she falls headfirst into a bird’s nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother. (E Can)
Goble, P. (1969) Red Hawk’s Account of Custer’s Last Battle. New York: Pantheon
Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn is described as it might have been witnessed by one of the Indians participating in the battle. (973.8 G)
Martin, J.B. (1998). Snowflake Bentley. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
This book is a biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. (B Ben) 1999 Caldecott Award Winner
Mochizuki, K. (1993). Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee & Low.
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over. (F Moc)
Say, A. (1993). Grandfather’s Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. (E Say) 1994 Caldecott Award Winner
Sczieszka, J. (1989). True Story of the Three Little Pigs. New York: Viking.
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. (E Scz)
Ringold, F. (1992). Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky. New York: Crown.
With Harriet Tubman as her guide, Cassie retraces the steps escaping slaves took on the Underground Railroad in order to reunite with her younger brother. (E Rin)
Quotes:
Metacognition, “thinking about my thinking,” helps learners become aware of their strategy use and develops a conscious level of awareness that can make the difference between comprehension and word calling.
1(Hoyt, L., 2005, p. 42)
Matching strategies to one’s purpose requires metacognitive knowledge – an awareness and understanding of how one thinks and uses strategies during reading.
2(Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A., 2000, p. 16)
2Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2000). Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension to enhance understanding.Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
1Hoyt, L. (2005). Spotlight on comprehension: Building a literacy of thoughtfulness.Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann Books.