Using your knowledge of reading comprehension, write a response in which you:

Identify one reading comprehension need demonstrated by this student

Describe an instructional strategy or activity to help address this need; and

Explain why the strategy or activity you described would be effective for this purpose.

Manuel is a second grader who speaks English well, but his parents speak Spanish at home. Below is a copy of a story he read aloud fluently without any errors. His retell and answers to some comprehension questions follow the passage.

Judy's class was going on a trip to visit an airport. Before they left they read some books about airplanes and airplane pilots. Everyone in the class was excited when it came time to go$.$

The class rode to the airport in a big yellow bus. After the bus stopped, the first person to get off was Judy's teacher. She told the class that they must all stay together so that none of the students would get lost.

First, they visited the ticket counter and learned how passengers buy their tickets. Then a pilot came and told them he would take them on a large airplane. After they were inside the airplane, everyone was surprised because it was so large. When Judy's class got back to school they all said they wanted to visit the airport again.

Retell: They went to a trip to the airport. They wanted ta ga to the airpart again.

Questions:

$F1.$

$FV$ Where was Judy's class going? $($To visit an airport$)$ What did they do before they left? $($They read some books, or they read some books about airplanes and airplane pilots$)$

F $3.$ Donitkow How did the class feel when it was time to go$?($They were excited$)$

F $4.$ Don't know How did the class get to the airport? $($They rode in a bus, or in a

F $5.\sqrt[\phantom{2}]{?}$ big yellow bus$)$ Who was the first person to get off the bus? $($Judy$\text{'}$s teacher, or the teacher$)$

F $6.q,$ What did the teacher tell the class when they first got off the bus? $($That they must stay together, or that they must stay together so they would not get lost$)$

F $7.$ Don't know What did they visit first? $($The ticket counter$)$

V $8.dar{r}_{?}$ In this story it said the students learned how the passengers buy their tickets. What is a passenger? $($Someone who rides on an airplane$)$

F $9.\frac{x}{?}$ When the pilot came to meet the class what did he tell them? $($He told them he would take them on an airplane, or on a large airplane$)$

What did the class say that would make you think they liked their visit to the airport? $($They said they wanted to visit the airport again$)$

From Flidon E$.$ Ekwall & James L$.$ Shanker. Ekwall$/$Shomker Reading lowentors. $(3$rd Edirion$)$ Bostoa, MA: Allyu & Bacon, $1993$

$($Coding: $F=$ Fact, $I=$ Inference,$V=$ Vocabulary$)($Scoring: $=$ correct, $x=$ incorrect$)$