Reading Comprehension
Strategy: Concept Anchoring Routine
Appropriate Grade Level: 7th-12th grades
Procedures/Steps:
* 3 Components:
1.) The Anchoring Table –
tie new information into what we already know
by writing down what we already know about a
certain concept, then adding the new information,
and finally adding how the two areas can be
linked
2.) The Linking Steps –
This is a guide for teachers to go by that helps to
lead the class discussion about known and new
information, and how to fill in the table
3.) Cue-Do-Review Sequence –
Cue: prepares students(anticipatory set), Do:
follow linking steps to fill in the table,
Review: cover key content.
Known Concept Shared
New Concept
Earth
Part of - Solar System
The sun
Earth rotates - Rotation
Around sun
Seasons
from rotation - Axis
on axis
Earth is part - 8 Planets
of the 8
Linking Steps:
Announce new concept
Name known concept
Collect known information
Highlight characteristics of both
Compare
State understandings of new concept
Comments and/or Tips:
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The first couple of times a teacher gives this to their students, they should help them
fill it out.
This lets students actually see the similarities between the new and the know
information.
This helps students distinguish what is the important information and what is not.
All the information they need will be right in front of them, once it is completed.
Source:
Adams, G., Bulgren, J., Cornine, D., Davis, B., Deshler, D., Grossen, B., & Schumaker, J.
*(2001). Making learning easier: connecting new knowledge to things students
already know. Teaching Exceptional Children, 33(4), 82-85.