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Comprehension Strategies for Effective Readers
Language and Literacy | K-12
Reading is not a passive activity. It should involve thinking, questioning, reflecting, and synthesizing to help students do more than merely pass their eyes over the text. Becoming an effective reader involves far more than meeting the expectations of Common Core Standards and state testing. Effective readers are also strong problem solvers, talented writers, and deep thinkers—so when you teach comprehension skills, you’re giving students tools they can use for life.
In this course, you will explore several comprehension strategies and how you can apply them in your classroom. You will learn techniques for teaching all phases of reading, including how to help students prepare to read a text, engage it effectively, and then reflect afterward. In addition, you will investigate the power of think-alouds and read-alouds, and gain insight into how to use them successfully in your classroom.
With the methods and resources from this course, you’ll be able to empower your students to become effective readers, giving them valuable skills they can use in your classroom and beyond.
Connections to Practice
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Strategies and techniques to teach comprehensions strategies
- Tools such as posters, graphic organizers, and templates to support students in learning and applying comprehension strategies
- Resources and strategies for planning all phases of reading
- Tools for planning successful think-alouds
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will:
- Examine comprehension strategies that support effective readers and their value in your classroom.
- Develop learning experiences that include all three phases of reading to support students in understanding text.
- Apply techniques for implementing comprehension strategies that enable students to be effective readers.
- Create successful think-alouds that model reading comprehension for your students.
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