What can we infer is the reason for this character’s behavior? Readers with autism may need to be prompted to focus their thinking on what is most common and most likely under the circumstances of the story.
* What are the most common reasons why someone would do that?
* What is the most likely reason this character is doing that, considering what just happened to her?
By Sara Finegan Bobby approached my kidney-shaped conference table hesitantly, walking on tiptoe around the nearby rocking chair. He was carrying a copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I greeted him; he did not meet my eyes. This was the first day of the second week of school, and we had fashioned name [...]
By Sara Finegan When I met him, Bobby was a fourth grader with autism, struggling to make meaning of the words he so easily read aloud (decoded). He had hyperlexia, a common condition with children on the autism spectrum, in which they seem to read well but comprehend little. Research suggested to me that something [...]
Search the term anaphoric cuing today on Yahoo! and you’ll get 29,700 results. And the winner is…www.readerswithautism.com! On Google, and on bing, we come in at number three. Not bad, we think, for a blog that began in August 2009. Granted, not many teachers and parents yet know the term anaphoric cuing. But we hope [...]
By Richard Finegan This blog is a collaborative effort between my wife Sara and me. She does most of the writing. I do all of the editing, formatting, illustrating (mostly clip art), layout, etc. Since neither of us had ever blogged or had a website before, it has been a new and rewarding experience. I [...]
FAQs about anaphoric cuing and reading comprehension
Q: What, briefly, is anaphoric cuing?
A: Anaphoric cuing involves teaching the child to identify the anaphora and to pause to relate them to their reference words while reading. In this way, the student begins to connect the parts of the text to one another.