INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL: Students will demonstrate an ability to find and determine meaning from print. Prior knowledge (schema) is of paramount importance. Rote learning comes (usually with difficulty) by forced memorization without regard to purpose or context (often referred to as the drill-and-kill method). Comprehension is built upon the ability to understand and apply new information based on what is previously known. Students should learn how to predict, question, and determine literal, interpretive and application-derived meanings.
Reading widely, with strategic instruction, helps create capable, motivated, purposeful, readers.

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