Reading Strategies
As teachers we need to model for and develop our students into strong readers. Good readers MONITOR COMPREHENSION, ASK QUESTIONS, PREDICT AND INFER, VISUALIZE, ANALYZE, SUMMARIZE, and MAKE CONNECTIONS. There are many wonderful strategies to help students develop and exercise these skills. Below are a few of my favorites!
My "Fav Five"
1. Reciprocal Teaching - Reciprocal teaching is a group discussion technique. It assigns each group member a specific role for discussion. These specific roles keep students accountable as they are required to fulfill a role in the conversation. It would especially be a great tool in an English or History class.
2. Pre- Reading Summary - This strategy allows students to review what was discussed or read the previous day or night. I love the concept of getting brains fired up before we dive into a text. I think it would work wonderfully in a history class.
3. Connecting the Text - This strategy allows readers to make connects from the text their are working with to other texts, to themselves and to the world. I think it is a great technique for a history class because it can help students to draw connections as well as significance from texts.
4. Good Reader Bookmarks - I like the idea of creating a book mark that may have historical terms or strategies of a good historian listed on it. Students could refer to it throughout reading and the year.
5. Think Aloud - I like think aloud because it models and challenges students to think critically as they read through passages. It could be first modeled by the teacher and then done by different students, or students could read and the teacher could think aloud.
2. Pre- Reading Summary - This strategy allows students to review what was discussed or read the previous day or night. I love the concept of getting brains fired up before we dive into a text. I think it would work wonderfully in a history class.
3. Connecting the Text - This strategy allows readers to make connects from the text their are working with to other texts, to themselves and to the world. I think it is a great technique for a history class because it can help students to draw connections as well as significance from texts.
4. Good Reader Bookmarks - I like the idea of creating a book mark that may have historical terms or strategies of a good historian listed on it. Students could refer to it throughout reading and the year.
5. Think Aloud - I like think aloud because it models and challenges students to think critically as they read through passages. It could be first modeled by the teacher and then done by different students, or students could read and the teacher could think aloud.