A process used by individuals or within small groups that helps students set their reading objectives. The teacher guides the students as they continuously read a selection quietly until they can read independently. The teacher and students exchange questions after every sentence read until the point at which a general
An interactive learning strategy aimed at teaching students to summarize portions of text, predict potential questions, clarify the complex text. At first, students observe the teacher as he or she models ideal behaviors; then, they gradually take on the teacher’s instructional role.
Carefully crafted questions based on student responses to guide conceptual thinking effectively and usefully.
The first phase of reading which involves scanning or skimming the text and viewing information such as titles, headings, summaries, illustrations, and topic sentences to activate schema and facilitate reading comprehension.
The final phase of the study which involves the use of organizational, translational, or repetitive activities to reinforce acquired knowledge. Examples of such activities include graphic organizers, paragraph frames, annotations, recitations, K-W-L charts, and think links.
Particularized information directed to the learner, which often addresses how they have employed a strategic plan and identifies specific learning objectives.
An activity for the prewriting stage in which a list of words that are to be included in a story are presented as well as the order in which they should be used.
An environment which actively uses social media through online communities, creative platforms such as “zines,” collaborative problem-solving, and blogging.
A medium for informal writing having two columns for two different varieties of student responses to the text.
The set of rules and interacting patterns of the language concerned with the order of words in a sentence, punctuation placement, and capital letter use to help readers decipher the grammatical structure in a text and apply that knowledge for word recognition and comprehension.