Assignment:
Directed Reading Activity Instructions
The Directed Reading Activity is a strategy that provides students with instructional support before, during, and after reading. The teacher takes an active role as he or she prepares students to read the text by pre-teaching important vocabulary, eliciting prior knowledge, teaching students how to use a specific reading skill, and providing a purpose for reading.
During reading, the teacher asks individual students questions about the text to monitor their comprehension. After reading, the teacher engages students in a discussion focusing on the purpose for reading, and follow-up activities that focus on the content of the text and the specific skill that students learned to use.
When you've completed the activity, write a summary and reflective analysis of the experience.
Your summary should be at least 250 to 300 words and should be a description of how you completed the activity.
Your reflective analysis should also be 250 to 300 words and should be your personal reflection of how the activity went.
You should be answering questions like: What did you like about the DRA? What did you not like? Would you use this type of activity in your classroom on a regular basis? Why or why not? Is there anything you would change and do differently? If so, what? How did you find this assignment to be beneficial or non-beneficial?
If you are not currently teaching, arrange to conduct this activity with at least 3 children. Please be sure to follow the direction on the template in order to receive full credit for the assignment.
Purpose: Directed Reading Activity serves several purposes:
Teaches word identification skills.
Elicits students' prior knowledge of the topic of the text.
Teaches specific reading skills.
Sets a purpose for reading.
Encourages students to monitor their comprehension while they are reading.