Have students who just can't remember what they have read? I have ten reading comprehension strategies to use right away to help them out!
Howdy! Jen Bradshaw here from Teacher Karma. Thinking strategies to improve reading comprehension Reading without meaning is like eating pizza without cheese....and NOBODY wants that! So how do we get our students to make connections to the text, think while they are reading, and focus on what is most important......MEANING?? When I was in the classroom, I had great success with using the following anchor chart, Reading is Thinking. It is a great way to kick off a mini-lesson by presenting the thinking strategies that they will be learning about and USING EVERY DAY...really for the rest of their lives. Reading strategies to improve comprehension In my opinion, the 6 most important reading strategies are: asking questions predicting summarizing visualizing inferencing making connections Never try and do all of these strategies in one day! Depending on the grade level you teach, you may want to spend a whole week on each thinking strategy before moving on to the next one. If you would like to pick up your freebie and learn more about strategies to improve your student's comprehension, click here please. :) Best wishes!
This reading response worksheet is ideal for practicing story elements, reading strategies, comprehension, text connection, author study, vocabulary work and so much more!
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Do you have a student (or several students) who struggle with poor reading comprehension? In this post, I share the step-by-step process that I use to improve my students’ reading comprehension! I wrote this post primarily for Kindergarten through 3rd grade teachers. However, if you are a Kindergarten teacher, some of these ideas may not apply […]
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Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand or connect to what they are reading, they are not really reading. This lesson provides useful reading comprehension strategies for English language learners.
As much as I love to read, sometimes I dreaded teaching reading. I was reading by four and everything in language arts came easily to me – it just clicked. When I had students that didn’t improve their reading with my strategies, I didn’t understand why. Now that I am working with my son, I […]
These Reading Comprehension Bookmarks give students the tools they need to successfully share their great ideas about what they have read.
Reading comprehension is the ultimate goal of teaching students how to read. Here is a good image of a reading comprehension checklist of most, if not all, of the strategies taught in the primary grades
Have students who just can't remember what they have read? I have ten reading comprehension strategies to use right away to help them out!
These Reading Comprehension Bookmarks give students the tools they need to successfully share their great ideas about what they have read.
No matter what you teach, at some point you will be a reading teacher. When students struggle in social studies or science, it is often because they are struggling with reading comprehension. This also applies
I have a quick and simple tip for you today. Another teacher gave me this tip a few years ago and I love it! (I wish I remembered who gave me this tip and where they got the idea from so I could give the credit.) Do you ever start to give directions and you ... Read More about A quick classroom management tip
Reading comprehension strategies for all types of learners. Encourage and
For ideas about how to teach each of these comprehension strategies in a "primary-friendly" way, keep reading!
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Visualizing the text is such an important strategy used for building your students’ reading comprehension. It is very versatile as it can be used in different ways with students of all ages and reading levels. I
Use these guides to encourage and scaffold student research about reading comprehension strategies. This use is especially useful at the postsecondary level for pre-service educators. Display the first page of this packet on an overhead projector, Elmo, SmartBoard, or enlarge it to poster size. Thi...
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeMore amazing things I’m learning in the BrainSMART graduate program... Students who are taught reading comprehension strategies are more successful readers. While some students may eventually learn some of these strategies on their own, they can be taught quite effectively in the early elementary grades. Here are ten reading comprehension strategies from Ellin Keene’s book Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies to consider. 1. Think out loud. Good readers monitor their thinking while reading. 2. Use schema. Consciously connect the text to preexisting knowledge and experiences and consider how it helps their understanding of the text. 3. Inferring. Use experience and information from the text to draw conclusions, make connections, predictions, and form opinions. 4. Ask questions about the text before, during, and after reading. 5. Make decisions about what is important in the text (elements and themes). Be able to summarize the main points. 6. Set a purpose for reading to make it meaningful. 7. Monitor comprehension. Make sure students have strategies in place if they find the text too difficult. 8. Visualize what is being read. Make brain movies! Tune into the sensory and emotional images of the text to enhance the visualization. Use this information to help make inferences and draw conclusions. 9. Synthesizing and retelling. Keeping track of their impressions while reading and identifying the underlying meaning of the text. Connect the text to information from other sources. Extending that information beyond the text to form opinions and read critically. 10. Text structure. Understanding the elements of a story and how stories are put together helps students analyze and think critically about meaning. Even learning just one or two of these metacognitive strategies has been shown to make a difference in reading performance. Which strategies do your students already use? Which ones will they learn next?
These seven pre-reading strategies will help students increase comprehension and perform better on tests.
Teaching reading comprehension is the whole goal of reading. Here are my best tips for helping students increase their reading comprehension.
Reading comprehension is essential for all students. However, reading comprehension for ESL students is even more important due to their language barriers.
Reading comprehension strategies for all types of learners. Encourage and
Scholastic and author Laura Robb (Teaching Reading in Middle School) share how to improve students' reading skills so they can meet future challenges.
Try a new take on reading comprehension activities to give your students a chance to learn and comprehend in new and exciting ways!
Asking questions before, during, and after reading comes very naturally to skilled readers, but for struggling readers, this skill can be just the opposite. Asking questions of varying depths is arguably the most important reading
I mean...why WOULDN'T you use cootie catchers in your reading block? It makes perfect sense. Ok - remember last week how I was talking about doing a little spring cleaning with some of my TpT resources? Well, I did a little spring cleaning in my file folders on my computer as well. Yikes. Now THAT'S a bit of a rabbit hole. I got in a little deeper than I wanted to, but I figured I might as well finish the job. I got rid of a lot (a LOT) of cringe worthy products that just didn't make the cut anymore, and I got some major organizing done as well. BUT - you know what I found? THIS >>> It's a reading comprehension cootie catcher that I TOTALLY forgot I made! And since it resurfaced for me - I thought I'd resurface it for you! I'm sure I made it for you guys in the first place, but I can't for the life of me find it anywhere on the blog. There's actually 3 different versions. They have different comprehension questions that can be used with any fictional book. They work great as a quick partner review game. You can download them here! Find any long-lost things in your spring cleaning, lately? Pin and Share this freebie:
learn how to teach reading comprehension in a self-contained classroom using visual strategies during daily lessons
Increase reading comprehension with these 5 strategies. These reading strategies will help students better understand a text. Grab the freebie!
Check out how easy it is to use old iPhones as Listening Centers!
Asking questions before, during, and after reading comes very naturally to skilled readers, but for struggling readers, this skill can be just the opposite. Asking questions of varying depths is arguably the most important reading
Improve reading comprehension using the Lindamood-Bell visualization strategy + freebie structure words download! multisensory instruction, dyslexia, reading intervention, reading strategies
Check out how easy it is to use old iPhones as Listening Centers!
Hey there! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Teachers, can you believe that you actually have to tell your students to THINK WHILE THEY READ? Reading is Thinking Resource has the perfect anchor chart for working on: predict infer visualize make connections question the text summarize Grab your FREEBIE over at Teacher KARMA. Best wishes! Jen Bradshaw You Might ... Read More about READing is THINKing – Comprehension Anchor Chart
