Are your students reading for depth?
Natalie Saaris
Senior Manager of Instruction
Actively Learn
Our objectives for this presentation:
● Establish what reading for depth means
● Establish why reading for depth is hard
● Experience first-hand how Actively Learn
helps to overcome the obstacles to
depth
What is reading for depth?
Depth is...
Depth is...
Understand
Depth is...
Understand
90% of
instruction
Depth is...
Understand
Analyze
Are your students reading for depth?
Depth is...
Understand
Analyze
Apply
Why is getting to
depth so hard?
1. Students don’t know how to read for depth
Three obstacles to depth...
Are your students reading for depth?
1. Students don’t know how to read for depth
2. Students can’t access the text
Three obstacles to depth...
1. Students don’t know how to read for depth
2. Students can’t access the text
3. Students (and their teachers) don’t know if they
are thinking in the right way
Three obstacles to depth...
Are your students reading for depth?
How to reach depth: The A-S-R framework
How to reach depth: The A-S-R framework
Questioning
Annotation
Discussion
Modeling
Activate
Thinking
How to reach depth: The A-S-R framework
Questioning
Annotation
Discussion
Modeling
Activate
Thinking
Support
Thinking
Scaffolding
Bkgd Knowledge
Accessibility
Building Vocabulary
How to reach depth: The A-S-R framework
Questioning
Annotation
Discussion
Modeling
Activate
Thinking
Support
Thinking
Reveal
Thinking
Scaffolding
Bkgd Knowledge
Accessibility
Building Vocabulary
Formative Evaluation
Feedback
Metacognition
Extensive Writing
Let’s dive in!
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