PDQ (Professional Development QuickTips)
Teaching Reading for Comprehension
Category:
Reading Literacy
Tip:
As a professional developer, you probably know effective teachers who try to figure our why a child in their class might read fluently but comprehend very little. We can help teachers to help their students construct meaning as they read. One strategy is to show teachers appropriate resources and strategies that encourage inquiry and motivate students to want to understand a deeper meaning of the text.
Model and help your teachers use some of the following cognitive strategies, so they can show students how to:
- Relate to prior knowledge during and after reading. Use a KWL chart. Check out graphic organizers: graphic.org or teachers.teach-nology.com for graphic organizer makers.
- Determine the most important theme and ideas in the text by brainstorming using Inspiration.
- Create questions to deepen understanding. Check out the Ten Elements of Professional Development
- Use visual images so they can make connections to the text.
- Synthesize what they have read by summarizing their ideas using a word processor and an external monitor or LCD projector.
- Reflect on and demonstrate understanding using threaded discussions.
Submitted by:
Barbara Bray
Next Tip:
Choosing Appropriate Themes
PDQ Coordinator: Barbara Bray, President, My eCoach
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