The second multi-year research study provides evidence validating the effectiveness of the Science IDEAS
Reading Comprehension Strategy.
Transfer effects of
a reading comprehension strategy on achievement and teacher judgments across grades 3 - 7.
Effect of multi-part
reading comprehension strategy was significant, but only in the content - oriented environment (Science IDEAS), not in traditional reading / language arts (narrative) environment (i.e., significant interaction)
This section is under construction, but, when completed, will show video demonstrations of how the Science IDEAS
Reading Comprehension Strategy is taught in Science IDEAS.
The Effects of Goal Setting and Self - Instruction on Learning
a Reading Comprehension Strategy — A Study of Students with Learning Disabilities Authors: LeeAnn Johnson, Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol.
Interactive Read Aloud is
a reading comprehension strategy in which a teacher actively engages students in repeatedly reading a single text, incrementally increasing the rigor of the readings in order to support students in reaching deeper levels of comprehension.
This worksheet lists
each reading comprehension strategy and then notes the corresponding book page and teaching point for that strategy!
This cooperative
reading comprehension strategy engages students of all ages, in all subjects.
Good as
a reading comprehension strategy on the topic of school and to model the use of intensifiers, negatives and even some irregular adjectives.
(Note: Reading with a question in mind is a very effective
reading comprehension strategy)
Instead, I fear that too many schools have students spending endless amounts of time filling out
reading comprehension strategy worksheets and then wondering why the kids are bored and irritable.
You may also be interested in
our Reading Comprehension Strategies Series.
Making Connections is one of the key
Reading Comprehension Strategies.
In this packet, you will find seven great at - a glance
reading comprehension strategies mini posters that are a perfect fit above your white board in your classroom.
Wire Side Chat: Helping «Fake Readers» Become Proficient Life - Long Readers Cris Tovani, author of the best - selling «I Read It, But I Don't Get It,» chats with Education World about her checkered reading past and about her widely acclaimed work with students and teachers in the area of
reading comprehension strategies.
They thereby miss opportunities to develop
reading comprehension strategies and often encounter reading material that is too advanced for their skills.
Today, we're going to add to the list and suggest certain
reading comprehension strategies to try in your content area classroom
Strategic looking: Using
reading comprehension strategies with pictures.
After the success I had using Milly and the Macy's Parade to review
reading comprehension strategies, I decided to create a download I could share with teachers and literacy specialists!
We would recommend that educators spend time teaching
reading comprehension strategies and also make sure that students have enough time to practice and master those strategies.
Fortunately, many traditional
reading comprehension strategies work well in content area classrooms.
We hope you can use some of the strategies we've listed above and we want to hear what
reading comprehension strategies work best for you.
Each of my students keep a Seven Core
Reading Comprehension Strategies Tip Sheet in their reading binders and / or journals.
Introduction to Literature emphasizes
reading comprehension strategies, increasing and expanding vocabulary and its comprehension in context, making connections to literature, and analyzing the author's craft.
Solving Word Problems Workshop — Part 1: Focus: Developing a deeper understanding of the challenges associated with the solving of word problems and how to better support students in becoming more proficient in the application of the Mathematical Practices using research - based
reading comprehension strategies.
http://ldx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/1/80 HOW WE LEARN - ASK THE COGNITIVE SCIENTIST The Usefulness of Brief Instruction in
Reading Comprehension Strategies Author: Daniel T. Willingham American Educator (American Federation of Teachers), Winter 2006 - 07 Results from 481 studies on 16 different categories of strategies conclude that; «Teaching children strategies is definitely a good idea.»
Steve and I use the lessons found in Comprehension Connections by Tanny McGregor, Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller, and 7 Keys to Comprehension by Susan Zimmerman and Chryse Hutchins for teaching
reading comprehension strategies.
A Knowledge - Based Framework for Unifying Content - Area Reading Comprehension and
Reading Comprehension Strategies Michael Vitale, East Carolina University Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University Conference on
Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theories, Interventions, and Technologies
A Knowledge - Based Framework for Unifying Content - Area Reading Comprehension and
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Reading Comprehension Strategies Strategy Resource Binder This HUGE 183 page resource contains everything you need to support your students» learning of the
reading comprehension strategies.
However, when teachers modeled
reading comprehension strategies commonly used in each subject area, ELLs and other low - level readers learned to delve more deeply into a variety of texts to analyze, understand, and master the content.
Reading comprehension strategies focus on the learners» understanding of written text.
Once teachers are planning and teaching High Performance Learning - Focused Lessons effectively, in the Increasing the Rigor of Learning - Focused Lessons: Higher Order Thinking, Reading and Writing professional development they will gain the skills and knowledge to increase the complexity of learning as the lesson progresses, integrate higher order thinking strategies and
reading comprehension strategies into their lessons to increase rigor and deepen student learning, and challenge students to critically analyze and interpret what they learn to develop new insights.
Middle School Matters Field Guide Alignment Reading and Reading Interventions Reading Principle 4: Teach students to use
reading comprehension strategies; Reading Principle 6: Guide students during text - related oral and written activities that support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization of text.
The cost of the resources and professional training required to deliver
reading comprehension strategies is estimated as very low.
Provide explicit instruction on Higher Order Thinking and
Reading Comprehension strategies.
Principle 4: Teach students to use
reading comprehension strategies while reading complex text.
New Highland Academy principal Liz Ozol explained that the Mills Teacher Scholars» work on literacy «set the stage for our entire school to focus on
reading comprehension strategies.
In the UK, recent evaluations of programmes that have included a focus on teaching
reading comprehension strategies have not found such an extensive impact, though there is evidence that children from disadvantaged backgrounds may benefit more.
While teaching
the reading comprehension strategies is primarily the responsibility of the English / Language Arts teacher, the strategies are used in all content areas, simply because students have to read and understand information within all content areas.
Rigorous lessons also include two other critical components —
reading comprehension strategies and writing.
10
Reading Comprehension Strategies All Students Need.
Download a student - friendly version of the seven core
reading comprehension strategies that can be added to students» reading binders and / or journals.
Apex Learning, for example, recognizes the woven interplay of words, symbols, and numbers and has developed Tutorials that incorporate active
reading comprehension strategies and sophisticated vocabulary development instruction.
Students practice using
reading comprehension strategies with interactive texts.
In Fixing the Fuzziness, students use questions or prompts to help them identify content that is unclear (i.e. «fuzzy») while reading a text, then apply previously taught
reading comprehension strategies to «fix» or clear up the content to gain a better understanding.
Elementary schools — in the United States and, it appears, in Britain — then compound the problem by focusing on
reading comprehension strategies, like «making inferences» and «finding the main idea,» rather than on building knowledge in subjects like history or science.
As with vocabulary instruction, it was found that using a combination of
reading comprehension strategies and making lessons multisensory was more effective than using a single strategy.
For decades, most elementary schools have taught reading as a skill: children have practiced
reading comprehension strategies like «finding the main idea» or «making inferences» on simple stories.
Think Aloud A think aloud is an interactive process in which the teacher shares her internal cognitive thinking process aloud as a way to support and scaffold various
reading comprehension strategies such as summarizing, retelling, asking questions and making connections (e.g. text - to - self, text - to - text, text - to - world).