KIM Chart Journal Club

Name: Ashley Heimbach

Reading: CPMs: A Kinesthetic Comprehension Strategy

Author: Cathy Collins Block, Sheri R. Parris, Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Assignment Due Date: 4/1/15
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?

Tapping into more than one mode of learning Students comprehended more when they received information through visual,
reinforces comprehension for every student. kinesthetic, and/or auditory.

Teaching Comprehension Process Motions

Memory clue
Draw a visual that will
help you remember this key
concept. (NOT
REQUIRED)
Hear, see, and move!

Find Main Ideas (hands form a t, as in time out)

Making Predictions (hand parallel to the ground, other hands two fingers
perpendicular to hand)
Inferring (hand is parallel to the ground in front of belly button)
Clarifying (both hands up showing all fingers)

CPMs on young readers comprehension

Students who used CPMs outperformed those who didnt use kinesthetic teaching CPM > _______.
aids.

CPMs help in many ways

They help assist students who struggle to make meaning or to self-monitor and
assists younger learners in as little as six lessons.

The impacts of this study

This study is an essential stepping-stone in figuring out what makes a student

more actively engaged and independent.