Reading Strategies Discussion - Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension Strategies:

1. Ask questions about the text.

2. Put the text into your own words.

3. Reread the text. Something may have been missed during the first reading.

4. Use a graphic organizer to keep track of different aspects of the text.

Vocabulary Building Strategies:

1. “Provide visual support for new words through pictures, objects, or actions

2. Give students opportunities to hear new words in context and ask questions about what they mean

3. Connect the oral and written forms of new reading words

4. Have students use new words in their own sentences

5. Encourage students to self-monitor for understanding of word meaning, such as sorting words they can read into 'I know what it means' and 'I don’t know what it means' categories

6. Check frequently for understanding of student comprehension” (Helman & Burns, 2008, p. 17).

7. Build upon students’ prior knowledge of language (p. 15).

8. Expose students to vocabulary frequently through reading, writing and speaking.