Bridging Processes

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To become readers, students need to move between word recognition and language comprehension with increasing fluency. Bridging processes are the tools that readers use to do that. As shown in the Active View of Reading, bridging processes are how readers begin to weave together word recognition and language comprehension skills to become more fluent readers.
Each accordion below has self-paced asynchronous professional learning modules with a mix of video and text resources, opportunities for application and reflection, and contact hours.
 If you would like a contact hour for your work, please e-mail Kathy.Bertini@maine.gov

 

Reading Fluency

Use the links below to access the asynchronous professional learning modules and explore the resources.

Vocabulary

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Morphology

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Graphophonological-Semantic Cognitive Flexibility

Graphophonological-semantic cognitive flexibility refers to a reader's ability to switch between Word Recognition and Language Comprehension as needed.  

Use the links below to access the asynchronous professional learning modules and explore the resources.

  • Active View of Reading - this page includes a general explanation of Graphophonological-semantic cognitive flexibility as well as a podcast with Nell Duke explaining it further.
  • Executive Function Skills Supporting Literacy & Numeracy module explores the importance of these skills and strategies through the lenses of literacy and numeracy.
  • Executive Function Strategies and Resources Padlet provides a variety of resources supporting executive function skills and strategies.