Ten Reading Comprehension
Teaching Strategies (K-12)

Making Connections:

Making connections is when the student can connect the information from the material that they are reading with information from another source... (Read More)

Fluency:

Fluency is the ability to read text both orally and silently with proper phasing and intonation...(Read More)

Determining Importance:

Determining importance is learning how to filter the information given in the text to decide what is important to learn and what information can be forgotten....(Read More)

Inferring:

Inferring has been referred to as the foundation of comprehension. Inferring is when we take information that we have already accumulated and apply it to the text; as a result we draw conclusions....(Read More)

Metacognition:

Metacognition is defined as having an awareness of how your think...(Read More)

Questioning:

Questioning is when students ask questions about the text they are reading and then proceed to look for answers to those questions. Questioning is a natural part of human learning. ...(Read More)

Synthesizing:

Synthesizing is when new knowledge is applied to old knowledge and the reader starts to understand a new perspective and new patterns...(Read More)

Visualizing and Imagery:

Visualizing is when we create pictures in our mind based on the reading. Visualizing personalizes what we are reading and strengthens both thinking and understanding....(Read More)

Vocabulary and Word Identification:

Vocabulary and reading comprehension are linked.  Building students’ vocabulary allows students to increase word consciousness...(Read More)

Writing Across the Curriculum:

Writing across the curriculum means that students write about all subjects.  In other words, you can teach writing so that they are applicable with all subjects, including reading comprehension...(Read More)

Quotes:

Our ultimate instructional goal is to inspire students to be readers.Consequently, our first instructional responsibility is the creation of an inspiring literate enviroment - that is, an environment that immerses students in genuinely literate activity.

1(Duffy, G. A., 2003, p.3)

Don't we want every reader to climb into books with a toolbelt banging and clanging with tools for getting the most out of their reading?.. Don't we want that toolbelt to be loaded with multiple comprehension strategies that will empower them for understanding, for questioning, for making connections, and for finding pleasure in the texts of their world?

3(Hoyt, L., 2005, p. 11)

Comprehension is the essence of reading. It is the thinking we do to interpret the meaning in text.

1(Duffy, G. A., 2003, p.22)

Ture comprehension goes beyond literal understanding and involves the reader's interaction with text.

2(Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2000) p. 5)

1Duffy, G.A. (2003).  Explaining Reading: A Resource for teaching concepts, skills, and
strategies. New York: Guilford Press.

2Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2000).  Strategies that work:  Teaching comprehension to        
            enhance understanding.  Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

3Hoyt, L. (2005).  Spotlight on comprehension: Building a literacy of thoughtfulness.
            Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann Books

 

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