We Fly. "Sick" - Shel Silverstein. Poetry In Motion. Using Post It Notes With Student Note Taking. Reading And Rhythm Method For Helping Students Learn. Tips On Teaching Reading: Introducing New Work Stations To Students. Reading Passages. The Lexile Framework for Reading. Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension. In other words, students need to think while they are reading. By using modeling, coached practice, and reflection, you can teach your students strategies to help them think while they read and build their comprehension. Modeling What it is By modeling for students the types of behaviors good readers are engaged in as they read, we are providing them with the opportunity to become aware of the many strategies and monitoring behaviors that good readers use. When good readers are reading relatively simple texts (according to their own reading abilities) these strategic behaviors are fairly automatic.
Typically, good readers only become aware of their strategy use when they recognize that they are failing to comprehend. They then are cognizant of the need to reevaluate their strategy use in order to remedy their failure to comprehend. An activity Model thinking aloud for your students with one of the texts. Coached practice Next, insert write-in boxes into a new text. Reflection Summary.