Teaching reading strategies

Asking questions before, during, and after reading comes very naturally to skilled readers, but for struggling readers, this skill can be just the opposite. Asking questions of varying depths is arguably the most important reading

Hands-on pre-reading activities that encourage your elementary students to access their prior knowledge and make predictions.

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The best way for disfluent readers to become fluent is by reading! These students need to focus on ACCURATE text reading, use decodable text, repeated readings, systemic daily practice of reading words accurately, modeling of fluent reading and encouraging students to read like they are talking. Students need LOTS of opportunities to read text (at their level) using choral, cloze, echo and partner reading. These are great fluency strategies are for interventions. #fluency #fluencystrategies

These easy to use techniques can be used by teachers for students in upper elementary and middle school to develop stronger reading comprehension skills.

Learn the ins and outs of how to teach a guided reading lesson. From prereading activities to word work to assessing students through performance assessment, you will find helpful tips and strategies to teach students how to read.

Have students who just can't remember what they have read? I have ten reading comprehension strategies to use right away to help them out!

Reading is a true gift that opens up our world. Reading comprehension strategies are important. They allow individuals to actively participate in reading.

Learn how to teach reading skills to struggling readers! Find help here to teach a struggling reader. First grader not reading? Or any age not reading? Know how to help your child read at home & work on building fluency in struggling readers.

This resource is a Guided Reading Skills Chart. It focuses on skills you can and should be teaching during guided reading: - Print concepts - Decoding - Comprehension - Fluency For each skill, there is a chart that provides strategies with explanations to ensure you are implementing successfully. Guided Reading Skills Chart