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IdeaChain Reading Comprehension Program
 Step-by-Step Guide to Reading Comprehension Improvement
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The IdeaChain Reading Comprehension Program is a fully scripted, three-step program for comprehension improvement. The customized manual contains six lessons with over 30 hours of professional educational instruction. It is designed and written for ease of use and minimum preparation time.
What you learn:
how to help an individual remember what he sees or hears
what specific gesture indicates when an individual is really "seeing" what he is reading
what questions enable an individual to gather critical details
the best way to respond to an incomplete answer
how to ask questions that create a starting point for mental imaging, which is the key to improved comprehension
specific strategies that offer support to a struggling learner
how to study vocabulary words so they stick
how to add more fun to the lessons
how to cue memory - and forever remember key ideas
how to work with an individual who is in constant motion
how to sustain IDEACHAIN when you have "one of those weeks"
how to switch roles with the learner to give him the experience of leading the way
how to make reading an active, thinking process when understanding begins to blossom
how to support the learner in applying IDEACHAIN concepts to homework or professional tasks
how to use mental pictures to answer factual and inferential questions
What the IdeaChain program does for the instructor is as important as what it develops in the learner. The most important thing the IDEACHAIN Reading Comprehension Program gives you is a set of permanent strategies that make learning easier and more rewarding. (Adults may work successfully on the IdeaChain Program without an instructor.)
What you get in each lesson:
- An Overview - To give you background information and get you off to a quick start!
- Lesson Notes - To highlight pertinent points in each lesson
- A Student Orientation - To explain to the student what you will be doing in your IDEACHAIN program
- The Lesson Script - To be read as is or review the script and use your own words
- A Tracking Chart - To record progress
- A section on Other Activities - A handy guide to reinforce ideas anytime, anyplace
- Teacher Notes - To share your program and progress with your teacher
- Also provided are Photographs, Colored Squares, and Color Highlighters - To complete the exercises and activities outlined in the program.
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