Top 10 Reading Top 10 Reading StrategiesStrategies

Nate AustinNate AustinBenny CastilloBenny CastilloBryon WhitneyBryon Whitney

Andrea ThompsonAndrea Thompson

STANDARDSSTANDARDS

#1 Written Conversation#1 Written Conversation

• Use the students strength of conversations skills

• It is similar to texting

• Gives the students chance to share without the threat of embarrassment

• Includes entire class

• Something that can be done silently

#2 Post It Notes#2 Post It Notes

• Similar to highlighting

• Can mark the spot in text where student left off

• Quick way to record important facts and concepts

• Class can discuss what they had posted

#3 Reading Aloud#3 Reading Aloud

• Good for students to hear teacher’s expression while reading

• Also good for students to hear teacher so they can model

• It is enjoyable to listen

• Good for students to hear it out loud

#4 Brainstorming#4 Brainstorming

• Brainstorming is used interdisciplinary

• All students involved

• No criticism – all ideas are recorded

• Good way to get to core ideas

• Be prepared – It may get Noisy

#5 Anticipation Guides#5 Anticipation Guides

• Gets the thought process going about what they are going to read

• Guides are easy to prepare and takes little class time

• Prepare brief set of questions to activate prior knowledge

#6 Guide-O-Rama #6 Guide-O-Rama

• Lets the teacher informally coach, support and chat with the students

• Can be used as long as you are using the same book

#7 Say Something#7 Say Something

• Allows the students to work in pairs

• Allows teacher to put strong and less strong student together

• Gets students to discuss their point of view

• capitalizes on skills that the students already have

• Enjoyable to listen to others interpretations

#8 Sketching my way through the #8 Sketching my way through the texttext

• Quick and simple representations to show students learning process

• Helps students visualize what they are reading

• Can be very beneficial to students who are struggling in math and science – as it lays process out before them

#9 It say/I say#9 It say/I say

• Combines prior knowledge, what they are learning from the new text information and gives the students a complete understanding

#10 List – Group - Label#10 List – Group - Label

• Allows students to think of words in similar contexts

• Work together to make sense of new words

• Good for building vocabulary

• Helps students organization when confronted with new vocabulary