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Nieuwsbegrip
Comprehending the news
May 10-11 2012
Marianne Molendijk
Why Nieuwsbegrip?
Students are
not motivated
to read
Students dislike
Reading
Comprehension
lessons!
Results on
Reading
Comprehension
Tests are very
disappointing
Texts in
methods for
Reading
Comprehension
are boring
Objectives Nieuwsbegrip
•
Motivation and Involvement!
•
Strategies
•
Knowledge of the world
•
Knowledge of texts
•
Vocabulary
•
Oral language skills
•
Transfer
Better results
Principles Nieuwsbegrip
•
Comprehensive reading should take place in a
meaningful context
•
Children have to learn to become active readers
•
Good readers use strategies automatically, poor
readers don’t
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A poster with reading strategies offers children
support when learning and applying strategies
•
modeling is important when teaching strategies to
children
•
Cooperative learning enhances learning, children
can learn from each other
Nieuwsbegrip Basis
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Children mail topics for the text, based on topical
matters
 news finder, news collector, news keeper
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Weekly on website:
- topical informative text
- assignments
- manual for teacher
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Five reading levels
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Schools download and copy materials from website
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Archive
•
Forum
Components of Nieuwsbegrip
Nieuwsbegrip
Nieuwsbegrip Basis
Nieuwsbegrip Beeld
Nieuwsbegrip XL
Site for students
Site for teachers
Levels of Nieuwsbegrip
Level AA: groep 4 (grade 2)
Level A: groep 5 & 6 (grade 3 & 4)
Level B: groep 7 & 8 (grade 5 & 6)
+ year 1 & 2 vmbo
Level C: secondary school year 1 havo/vwo &
year 2 vmbo–theoretische leerweg
+ better readers elementary school
Level D: Challenging texts for havo/vwo 3 & 4,
vmbo tl (3 &) 4 and mbo 3 & 4
Nieuwsbegrip Basis
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Evidence based strategies (NRP) + Reciprocal Teaching
strategies
1.
Predict
2.
Ask Questions
3.
Clarify / Monitor
4.
Summarize
5.
Text coherence and references
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Reading strategies poster
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Seven blocks of six weeks, each week focus on one
strategy.
•
Every sixth week integration lesson (Blokles).
Format basic lesson
1. Read text with Strategy
poster
2. Exercise with Strategy
3. Exercise with Graphic
Organizer (visualize)
4. Exercise Multiple
Intelligence
Nieuwsbegrip in Beeld (Videoclips)
 Same topic as texts Nieuwsbegrip
 Made by Jeugdjournaal
 Children who mailed the selected topic
are being interviewed
 Questions in teachers manual
Nieuwsbegrip Basis + Nieuwsbegrip XL
complete, interactive approach for
reading comprehension
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Topical lessons with various types of texts
Strategy lessons
Vocabulary excercises
Functional writing assignments  online
magazine
Nieuwsbegrip Basis + XL cover objectives
(kerndoelen) for Reading Comprehension
Nieuwsbegrip XL: functional writing assignments
Children compose online magazine
- same subject as Nieuwsbegrip
- write all kinds of texts: opinion, recepy, narrative,
‘fotostrip’, letter, joke, song, poem, …
- make a newsquiz
- react on ‘statement of the week’
- play word games
On the computer
Magazine is online, parents can read it
Real publishing is highly motivating!
Nieuwsbegrip: writing lessons
Pilot since 2012: Two lessons a week. Level A and B
Assignment:
- same subject as Nieuwsbegrip
- write all kinds of texts: opinion, recipe, narrative,
letter, joke, song, poem, …
- teacher as a model
- work in pairs