Talk:Reading Strategies Discussion - Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary/@comment-28516457-20160522075754

In teaching Vocabulary Skills,  I have done a few pre-reading activities before reading a text. Cutting up sentence strips from the story and having students put it together to make meaning of a sentence. I have also had students do Word concept maps on vocabulary words that will occur in the text. A concept map students have to write the vocab word on top, definition underneath. Then they have to come up with three synonyms, three antonyms, an example sentence, and an illustration/drawing of the word. Another strategy that I started to use a year ago were SDAIE strategies. Though our school district may not have many ELL students, we have many students who lack the reading skills needed to comprehend and move forward confidently in their reading. Vocabulary, mapping, brainstorming, pair share, graphic organizers, and learning logs  are a few strategies that I have used. I’m sure there are many more, but these are the strategies that I have used.