Strategy Instruction
In the Reading Comprehension Content Corner, you’ll find surprising insights on which comprehension strategies are worth your instructional time. From questioning to summarizing, our resources also help you equip students with the tools they need to understand and interact meaningfully with worthwhile texts, by making the experience more about the text and comprehension and less about the strategies per se.
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Reading Comprehension Blog Articles
In this post, we explore six common comprehension practices that, while well-intentioned, may unintentionally take the thinking out of students’ hands. From overusing think-alouds to turning comprehension into something that only happens at the end of reading, we offer
Many students can decode but still struggle with comprehension. This post from Jan Burkins and Kari Yates explores six common comprehension challenges—like weak background knowledge, shallow thinking habits, and trouble holding onto information—and offers practical, meaning-focused instructional moves for
This blog post, "What Is Reading Comprehension, Really?" challenges the traditional view of comprehension as something that happens after reading and instead reframes it as a dynamic, moment-by-moment process of constructing meaning. At the heart of this process is
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Resources for Reading Comprehension
- Strategy Instruction
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Teach effective comprehension strategies with the Strategic Six Thinking Moves. This PDF simplifies reading strategies using student-friendly names and steps.
