Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension

Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension Upon completion of this section, you will: Understand the components of reading comprehension Receive ideas for making the text personally relevant Learn how to teach active engagement with the text Obtain extension activities for all learning styles Traditionally, reading comprehension was narrowly thought to encompass answering multiple-choice questions after reading a story or passage. While this may be one form of reading comprehension, it is not comprehensive and does not take into account the stages of reading comprehension, requirements for understanding different genres of text, or understanding text when read silent versus orally. Comprehension of Fiction video by The Jerry L. Paula, an eighth grade student with dyslexia, cannot manage to answer multiple choice questions unless they are read aloud to her. We have written this so that you can share the information directly with your students. Before You Read Pick a book To become a reader, you have to be able to pick a book. Preview

First Year Teachers The first year of teaching is a tough job. Everything is new — the students you're responsible for; the school's procedures; your relationship with fellow teachers, administrators, and parents; what you plan to do and teach each day; your classroom management and teaching style; and much more. Not surprisingly, new teachers who don't receive adequate support often become dissatisfied and end up quitting. Nationally, 22 percent of all new teachers leave the profession in the first three years. The following are a few resources that may help new teachers navigate their first year: Watch a sampling of our award-winning series of innovative half-hour programs about how children learn to read, why so many struggle, and what we can do to help.

Types of Informal Classroom-Based Assessment Most of the assessments here should be given one-on-one. It is important that you have a non-distracting, comfortable testing environment for students, and that the rest of the class is engaged in a task or assignment and working quietly. It's even better if you can arrange for another teacher to be present while you are performing assessments. This list of informal assessments is not all-inclusive; there are components of reading that these tools do not assess. Download chart (304K PDF)* Letter/sound recognition About this assessment Familiarity with the letters of the alphabet is essential to the development of reading skills. What it measures Ability to recognize letters and sounds. Examples of assessment questions Show student one letter at a time and ask: Can you tell me what letter this is? Age or grade typically mastered Many students enter kindergarten with the ability to recognize letters. When should it be assessed? Concepts of print awareness If a student understands: a letter? 1. 2.

Learning Phonics - Reading Skills Pyramid - NCLB Key skills and dependencies Learning to read is an exciting time for children and their families. While thrilled by their children's emerging literacy skills, many parents are surprised to learn that reading is not automatic and that, regardless of family background, children require support in learning to read. A language-rich environment forms a solid foundation on which skills including decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension are based. Research shows that children who develop phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge early on are more likely to be strong, successful readers. The Reading Skills Pyramid visually depicts the patterns of concept acquisition that children follow in becoming successful readers up through third grade. The Reading Skills Pyramid and a range of educational and entertainment issues related to parenting in an electronic age are discussed in a FREE Weekly Newsletter sponsored by Time4Learning.. Copyright Time4Learning.com 2004.

Instructional Resources: Instructional Activities (Search Results) - The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework The essential cognitive elements of the reading process have been outlined in the cognitive framework of reading. To assist educators in organizing their practice around the cognitive framework, we've created a way to easily search for instructional activities that specifically address skills and knowledge outlined by the cognitive framework of reading. To find out more about the Instructional Activities portion of the Instructional Resources Database, we have provided an overview of the database and a description of the resources from which these activities were selected. You have just searched the Reading Instructional Resources Database for instructional activities that test Decoding. Displaying 1 of 9 Displaying 2 of 9 Displaying 3 of 9 Displaying 4 of 9 Displaying 5 of 9 Displaying 6 of 9 Displaying 7 of 9 Displaying 8 of 9 Displaying 9 of 9 End of search results.