Reading Comprehension Stratigies for the Classroom

Workshop Objectives:

1) Participants will be able to identify reading strategies they use to increase comprehension.

2) Participants will identify different types of reading and applications.

3) Participants will evaluate how reading comprehension strategies can be taught in their content area.

Making connections to past experience and learning:

1. Is reading different than comprehending? Why or why not?

2. How does intended application of the content impact reading strategies? Ex: reading a novel for pleasure, reading a recipe or reading a chapter in a textbook.

3. What are three techniques you use to increase comprehension?

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4. How did you learn/discover these techniques?

5. What specific Reading Strategy/Comprehension Activities do you use in your classroom currently?

Activity:

Please use the following web sites to answer the questions below. Support the responses using the resources.

A. Reading Strategies - Reading Efficiently by Reading Intelligently: http://www.mindtools.com/rdstratg.html

B. Reading: http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/local/reading.pdf

C. Reading Strategies: Scaffolding Student’s Interactions with Texts: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/reading%20strategies%20index.htm

D. Reading Strategies: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/staff/abita/english/reading_strategies.htm

E. Strategies for Reading Comprehension: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/

F. Online Student Tutorial: Reading Strategies: http://stats.macewan.ca/learn/students/tutorial/mod5/5obj3_reading.html

G. Vary your reading strategies: http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/553.html

Questions:

1. Textbook vs. technical Manual – What are the differences in reading strategies between the two types of text? What are the similarities?

2. List two activities you could use in your classroom specifically designed to teach the students reading strategy skills. Why did you select these specific activities and reading strategies?

3. Select two specific subject areas (such as Humanities) and list some specific strategies for reading material from that area?

4. Identify three different types of reading that will be used by your learners, when/where they may be encountered and recommended strategies to increase comprehension.

Type of reading	When/where encountered	Strategy to Increase comprehension

NOTE: What techniques did you use to find the responses to these questions?

What’s next?

Resource links for future exploration –

A. All America Reads: Download printer friendly strategies: http://www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/pdf.htm

B. Language Arts Reading Strategies: http://www.howard.k12.md.us/langarts/Curriculum/strategies.htm

C. Reading Workshops – http://education.state.mn.us/html/intro_curr_read_work.htm

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