2009 International SIM Conference

NOTES:

RETHINKING XTREME® READING

• Word Mapping
• Ways to remember meanings
• Ways to practice
• Word ID
• Shorter initial practice
• Explicitly practice throughout-year
• 80% of kids are at mastery on grade level
• Visual Imagery
• Grab students and show process with videos
• Use poetry in introduce
• Summarizing and Paraphrasing
• Move quickly through paraphrasing after summarizing
• Move to earlier in year – before VI
• Formative Assessment
• Pre and post tests
• Other assessments
• Generalization
• Interesting materials
• More explicit use of content materials