lack of background knowledge, limited vocabulary, or unfamiliar genre, text features or concepts of print

determining importance of information, sequence, details, elements of plot, locating information

making connections, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, drawing conclusions or summarizing

Strategies

• picture walk/preview strategy
• think-aloud
• K-W-L
• story mapping
• shared reading to model concepts of print
• teach common text features
• exposure to variety of genres
• wide reading
• Text Talk (Beck)

Strategies

• think-aloud
• graphic organizers
• story mapping
• story boards
• Read, Cover, Remember, Retell
• two-column notes
• cloze
• Text Talk (Beck)
• QAR
• SW3R

Strategies

• think-aloud
• text connections
• graphic organizers
• Reciprocal Teaching
• one sentence summary
• Text Talk (Beck)
• QAR
• SQ3R
• literature circles
• coding
• marginal notes
• selective highlighting

Resources

• Mosaic of Thought
• Strategies that Work
• Questioning the Author
• Guiding Readers and Writers
• Guided Reading
• The Power of Retelling

Resources

• Mosaic of Thought
• Strategies that Work
• Questioning the Author
• Guiding Readers and Writers
• Guided Reading
• Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies
• The Power of Retelling

Resources

• Mosaic of Thought
• Strategies that Work
• Questioning the Author
• Guiding Readers and Writers
• Guided Reading
• I Read It, but I Don’t Get It
• Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies
• When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do, 6-12