Support Cards embedded throughout the course provide links to background knowledge, make connections between concepts, and provide reminders for students to
apply active reading strategies when they will most support comprehension.
Active reading strategies include not only taking notes and highlighting like most students do, but also speaking aloud and answering questions about the material that they are reading,» explains the post.
As a ninth grade English teacher, I struggled to find the balance between helping my students
learn active reading strategies and literary conventions while still enjoying the text.
Comprehensive Courses and Tutorials reframe the introduction of technical vocabulary and explicitly coach students in eight research -
based active reading strategies and four vocabulary learning strategies.
When our research assistant sits down with her toddler to read a new book, the first few readings are just about hearing the book, then, when they both know the book, she uses
more active reading strategies.
Strategic scaffolding is provided through explicit instruction in how to read various types of social studies texts and
apply active reading strategies to support comprehension.
These students used Animoto — a free, cross-platform video creation tool — to summarize the previous day's reading, demonstrate their understanding of vocabulary, identify key quotes and make
their active reading strategies visual.
Finally,
the active reading strategies are reinforced throughout the courses.
The eight
active reading strategies (accessing prior knowledge, making and revising predictions, using visual cues, making inferences, asking questions, making mental images, monitoring and fixing up, and summarizing) are embedded in direct instruction and learning activities throughout the curriculum.