ISBN: MI-BBOU

Building Bridges of Understanding

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Building Bridges of Understanding is a whole-school approach to the teaching of comprehension that was devised by Dr. Ann Courtney of the University of Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Martin Gleeson, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and nine schools in Ireland

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Building 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 (in Ireland).

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. To 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.

Children’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 Teacher support is gradually withdrawn as children learn to apply the strategies in supportive collaborative mixed ability groups.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.

The 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.

UPDATED LISTS OF CHILDREN’S READERS:

In October 2022, Treasa Bowe (@betweenthecoversofagoodbook) compiled two very comprehensive lists of picturebooks, one for junior and one for senior classes, which will provide teachers with a range of appropriate and available material to augment the titles in the Building Bridges manual. Click on the images below to view/download these lists.

Junior Classes: Senior Classes:

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A4 Teacher Manual – 114 Pages (full-colour throughout) + 3 X CD-Roms

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