Reading comprehension strategies

Reading strategies useful in every content area include Questioning the text, Visualization, and using Context Clues to infer meaning.

Reading Comprehension Strategies list - Download as a PDF or view online for free

Reading comprehension is the ultimate goal of teaching students how to read. Here is a good image of a reading comprehension checklist of most, if not all, of the strategies taught in the primary grades

Tips, tricks and strategies for close reading. Top ways to successfully implement this reading comprehension strategy.

Reading comprehension strategies for all types of learners. Encourage and

Utilize these fantastic reading comprehension resources to help your student develop this skill.

Teaching #reading Comprehension Strategies: Asking Questions QAR Strategy - Raise the Bar Reading

Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand or connect to what they are reading, they are not really reading. This lesson provides useful reading comprehension strategies for English language learners.

The ultimate goal of any reading teacher is for students to have strong reading comprehension! Although reading comprehension encompasses lots of different reading skills, basically we want students to understand what they’ve read. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? In a typical class though, you’ll have a variety of types of readers. There’ll usually be a handful […]

Reading comprehension strategies for upper elementary and middle school - tips and tricks for teaching reading strategies.

As much as I love to read, sometimes I dreaded teaching reading. I was reading by four and everything in language arts came easily to me – it just clicked. When I had students that didn’t improve their reading with my strategies, I didn’t understand why. Now that I am working with my son, I […]

Need a quick reading check? Need a reading comprehension passage that is high interest? Try these free reading comprehension passages with questions. I struggle to find non fiction reading comprehension passages that are high interest for my students. Many of my students are struggling readers, so I value passages that are interesting and fun for ... Read More about Reading Comprehension Passages

This week, we learned … … there’s a lost continent in the Indian Ocean. How do you lose a continent? What’s a microcontinent? How’d scientists find the lost continent? … how Ikea names…

Reading response worksheets for 4th grade are an essential tool that helps students engage with the text, develop critical thinking skills, and improve comprehension. These worksheets provide structured activities and questions that allow students to analyze the story's characters, plot, and themes. By using these worksheets, teachers can assess students' understanding, guide their learning, and promote independent thinking. Whether you are a teacher looking for effective reading resources…

Here is another reading comprehension worksheet that belongs to my large reading comprehension kit . This one features a dolphin named Dap...

How do you infuse the teaching of reading skills and strategies? If you use a basal reading series, you most likely focus on one skill and strategy for a 1-2 week period. Even if you don't use a basal and find your own texts to use, it's a great practice to focus on re-teaching and reviewing comprehension skills and strategies. They're all so interrelated anyway. When I teach reading skills and strategies, I like to display a poster on our class focus wall. This lets anyone who walks in the…

I'm starting to really teach and practice comprehension skills. Based on our reading assessments (TRCs) at the beginning of the year I came up with this worksheet to aide in recalling details. I had m

Perfect for kids in kindergarten through middle school, these reading comprehension strategies and activities for struggling readers will not disappoint!

As I mentioned in my previous post , I’m trying to incorporate more nonfiction into my reading instruction because of the new C...