Reading Strategies

This is a strategy that uses a graphic organizer for vocabulary building. This technique requires students to (1) define the target vocabulary words or concepts, and (2) apply this information by generating examples and non-examples. This information is placed on a chart that is divided into four sections to provide a visual representation for students. This is most useful for textbook reading.

This reading strategy is utilized to help students organize what they have read by selecting what is important. This strategy teaches students to highlight/underline only the keywords, phrases, vocabulary, and ideas that are central to understanding the reading. This is most useful when students are presented with word problems in math class.

This strategy helps students to focus their attention on the fact that there may be reasons why the text is difficult to understand. Students can be taught to ask questions, reread, restate, and visualize making the text more comprehendible. This strategy is most useful when students are presented with word problems.

This strategy is used to teach vocabulary in which the students need to categorize the vocabulary word by the concept. This strategy will help connect formulas to vocabulary and other concepts.