Literacy Training Fall 2019
Self-Generated Questions (SGQs) Strategy
What: The Self-Generated Questions (SGQs) Strategy is an evidence-based routine that teaches students to monitor their reading comprehension by stopping intermittently to ask different kinds of questions about key information in the text, determine how the information is related, and use text evidence to support their responses.
Why: The SGQs strategy has been shown to be effective with middle school students in general education content classes, reading intervention classes for students who have reading disabilities, and classes for English learners (Vaughn et al., 2006). It can be used across content domains such as English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. The SGQs strategy promotes self-monitoring during reading, increases reading comprehension, text connections, and retention of important concepts and details (Vaughn et al., 2011).
How: CALI Reads participants will learn how to instruct students to use the SGQ strategy through the online training module via CALI Learns.
Who: The SGQ Training Program is available for CALI Reads Participants in fall 2019. The Training Program will be made free to the public in the spring 2020 through the CALI Reads Learning Library.
When: Fall 2019
E-Learning Module *Free
Each CALI Reads E-learning module contains several courses and all together takes ~2-3 hours to complete. Use the E-learning module to learn about an evidence-based practice you can use in the classroom to support adolescent literacy.
Self-Generated Questions overview
This course overviews to the Self-Generated Questions strategy.
Self-Generated Questions Level 1:
This course demonstrates how to teach students to self-generate Level 1 or Right There questions.
Self-Generated Questions Level 2
This course demonstrates how to teach students to self-generate Level 2 or Putting It Together questions.
Self-Generated Questions Level 3
This course demonstrates how to teach students to self-generate Level 3 or Making Connections questions.
Self-Generated Questions Level 1 through Level 3 & Differentiation
This course reviews the Self-Generated Questions (SGQs) strategy and introduces tips for differentiation.
Preview the SGQs demonstration videos
Purpose of Level One Questions
Module Resources (Self-Generated Questions)
Self-Generated Questions Walkthrough Tool
Use the Self-Generated Questions (SGQ) Walkthrough Tool to identify key instructional components. The tool defines 12 Instructional Look Fors classified by three categories: Lesson Design, Tools & Resources, and SGQ strategy components. The SGQ Walkthrough Tool can be used to guide SGQ lesson planning or as a tool when conducting a SGQ lesson Walkthrough. This tool is available in paper form by downloading the pdf or digitally through the digiCOACH app - free to CALI Reads participants.
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