KIM Chart Journal Club

Name: _Bethany Stein

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Reading: CPMs: A Kinesthetic Comprehension Strategy

Author: Cathy Collins Block, Sheri R. Parris, Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Date: 04/01/2015
Complete the following chart, based upon the five most salient Key Concepts in the reading for you.

Key Concept
List the key concepts discussed in
the article, one concept per for.

Information
What information will help you remember this concept?

A signal to show lack of understanding.

Clarify Comprehension Process Motion
Kinesthetic hand movements that represent the visual and physical representations
of abstract, unseen processes such as finding main ideas, inferring, making
predictions, and clarifying. (pg. 461)
Kinesthetic Motion

1. Declarative knowledge: how comprehension processes work

2. Conditional knowledge: when and where to use them in text
3. Procedural knowledge: how to use each independently
Effective tools for creating mental representations for abstract concepts. (pg. 461)

5 CPMs Focused On

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Making predictions from explicitly-stated information

Clarifying and following directions
Inferring
Drawing Conclusions
Finding main ides

Teacher think-aloud for six paragraphs at a time and the comprehension process
Comprehension Process/Dual-Coded Lessons needed to find each main idea.

Memory clue
Draw a visual that
will help you
remember this key
concept. (NOT
REQUIRED)

Fast Mapping

A minimum of six consecutive in-depth mental experiences applying one major

comprehension concept before being asked to learn a second one. (Pg. 467)