{"product_id":"building-bridges-of-understanding-manual","title":"Building Bridges Of Understanding Manual","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBuilding Bridges of Understanding by Dr. Ann Courtney \u0026amp; Dr. Martin Gleeson (Mary I)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBuilding Bridges of Understanding is a whole school approach to the teaching of comprehension devised by Dr. Ann Courtney of the University of Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Martin Gleeson, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and nine schools in the Munster area. Drawing on current research regarding effective comprehension instruction its primary focus is the teaching of comprehension, with the ultimate aim of enabling children to become self-regulated strategic readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTo this end eight key comprehension strategies are identified, namely, prediction, visualisation, making connections, questioning, clarifying, determining importance, inferring and synthesising. Each strategy is explicitly modelled through a think aloud process using high quality fiction and non-fiction picture books. Children’s understanding of each individual strategy is supported by Comprehension Process Motions which are hand movements that help to concretise abstract unseen cognitive processes thus reinforcing the learning through a kinaesthetic pathway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eChildren’s understanding is further consolidated by the development of Anchor Charts in child friendly language as an aide memoire to the application of each individual strategy. Teacher support is gradually withdrawn as children learn to apply the strategies in supportive collaborative mixed ability groups. Such groups provide support for children in word identification, vocabulary and comprehension in a mutually supportive setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe instructional approach described in the manual is accompanied by three compact discs to provide examples of the individual strategies and group work in an Irish context with a variety of class levels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003eThe 10 Sections that make up the Building Bridges Series are outlined in the manual. They are as follows;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e1) Think Aloud\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e2) Prediction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e3) Visualisation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e4)Making Connections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e5) Questioning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e6) Monitoring Comprehension - Seeking Clarification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e7) Monitoring Comprehension - 'Declunking' \/ Word Identification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e8) Determining Importance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e9) Inference\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003e10) Synthesis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAuthors: Dr. Ann Courtney \u0026amp; Dr. Martin Gleeson (Mary I)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCode: MI-BBOU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNo. of Pages: 113 (+ 3 X Cd-Roms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unbranded","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273259090203,"sku":"MIBBOU","price":34.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/building-bridges-of-understanding-manual-5353171.jpg?v=1781792707","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.co.uk\/products\/building-bridges-of-understanding-manual","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}