Comprehension Strategies
Provide direct and explicit comprehension strategy instruction.
Instructional Strategies
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A Sample of Graphic Organizers
See how middle and high school teachers use graphic organizers across grade levels and content areas to scaffold comprehension skill development and engage students in active learning. View related sample materials: Graphic Organizer Examples and Understanding Stories: Questions, Connections, and Visualizations.
Presentations
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A Sample of Graphic Organizers
View a slideshow of different types of graphic organizers that can be used to support reading comprehension.
Interviews
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I Do, We Do, You Do: Scaffolding Reading Comprehension in Social Studies
See how a sixth-grade social studies teacher scaffolds reading comprehension with a spoke diagram graphic organizer. -
Reciprocal Teaching in High School
Listen to an eleventh-grade humanities teacher describe how she uses Reciprocal Teaching to reinforce comprehension strategies.
District Support for Teachers
A Literacy Framework for Teacher Development
Bill Loyd and Ronnie ConnorsListen to William Loyd and Ronnie Connors, coordinators of literacy activities in both Washtenaw and Livingston Counties, describe how they implemented a literacy framework and professional learning community, which included Saline and Three Fires Middle Schools. Hear how they combine research-based instruction and infrastructure improvements to advance literacy in middle and high school. View the related sample material, Four Dimensions of Reading Apprenticeship. (7:02 min)
Interviews
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A Literacy Framework for Teacher Development
Hear how two district literacy coordinators worked with teachers in their district to incorporate a new literacy framework and approach into their instruction.