NGT+Reflections

=Noticing Good Teaching (NGT) Reflections=

**NGT Reflection 1: Reflecting on Reading Comprehension Instruction (10 points) - Due Sept. 10** Respond on the Wiki Discussion Board NGT#1 Please share some of your personal reflections about reading comprehension that were prompted by our Chart Paper Activity in class and your reading of Cornett's Chapter 1. Structure your reflection by listing three to five of the biggest ideas that now make sense to you about (a) what comprehension includes and (b) how it should be taught. Explain reasons for your choices. This assignment is worth 10 points.


 * NGT Reflection 2: Reading Comprehension As Problem Solving (10 points) - Due Sept. 12 **


 * NGT Reflection 3: What Practices Motivate Students to Want to Read? (10 points) - Due Sept. 24 **




 * NGT Reflection 4: What makes expository texts so challenging? (10 points) - Due Oct. 1 **
 * Read the three short articles below and type a **brief synthesis (2 pages, no more)** that explains: (1) Why are expository texts harder to comprehend than narrative texts? and (2) What features in particular make expository texts so challenging to read?
 * Cornett Textbook: Explicit Teaching of Text Characteristics (Ch. 5, p. 136-144).
 * Moss. B. (2004). Teaching expository text structures through information trade book retellings. //The Reading Teacher, 57//(8). [[file:Moss expository text structures.pdf]]
 * Wixson, K. (2008). Reading informational texts in the early grades. Pearson Research Into Practice.[[file:Wixson 2008.pdf]]


 * NGT Reflection 5: Effective Questioning Practices in Elementary School (10 points) - Due Oct. 22 **