-The inferences section in Ch. 6 stuck out to me. What made an impact on you in these chapters?
I really liked the quote "Comprehension is so much more than a thing to test and score. Comprehension of a text is an experience that , if we read well enough, can change us." I feel like it was a super powerful quote and statement that is 100% true. Once we can comprehend something, it changes our thinking and makes us a better person with more knowledge but we have to be able to understand what we comprehend to experience it. It's important that we "understand".
-How do you respond to students “who don’t get it”? After this reading how will that shift?
A lot of my students respond with " I don't get it." But it's hard to understand what exactly they don't get because they aren't able to express or put into words what they don't get to better help. In order to break that barrier, I ask my students to give more information or details so I can try and help them. We always start with what we know and then build from there to see where it is they got stuck and don't get. Then maybe we can move forward and give some better insight and explanations. It's important to remember to ask the students more of what they don't get, so you can best help them.
-Comprehension, understanding, and change is the goal of any reading. What will you do differently in your teaching after reading this section?
After reading this section I will be making sure that I have students go into more detail or try to understand what it is that they don't get. I will also let the students struggle a little bit before helping them. I think it's important that they struggle, and I've let students struggle in the past but have never done it to the point of independence.