Scarborough's Rope

Motivation

All the strands need to be explicitly taught and scaffolded for student success

Executive Functioning-Plan, organize and monitor what we are reading

Extracting Meaning - the primary goal of comprehension

Language Comprehension

Literary Knowledge-Understanding the patterns of written language and the different genres of literature and their characteristics

Verbal Reasoning-Making inferences based on what you read and understanding tool s such as metaphors when reading.

Language Structure- Knowing how words are arranged in a sentence and understanding the meaning of text.

Vocabulary- Building and growing an extensive vocabulary to assist with decoding new words and understanding text

Background Knowledge -Exposure to a variety of topics and subjects