Mr. Hall and I worked with our ESL teacher, Mrs. Abbie
Ferrell, to instruct her on the steps of the concept mastery routine. During
this session, we utilized the concept mastery guidebook in addition to a
PowerPoint provided to us by our SIM Professional Developer, Jocelyn Washburn.
The concept for this routine was nonfiction reading with the overall concept
being reading comprehension in various genres. Nonfiction reading is an area of
weakness for all students; however, we felt Mrs. Ferrell and her students could
truly benefit from having a clearer understanding of nonfiction reading.
