Teach Comprehension Strategies
Teach students reading comprehension strategies using carefully selected texts.
Teaching Strategies
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Targeting Reading Strategies: Summarizing
View a presentation of a second-grade teacher using a gradual release of responsibility to teach summarizing. She uses story maps, guided practice, and literacy center games to support students in learning this strategy. View the related sample material developed by the teacher, “I Can…” Reading Strategy Books. (3:43 min)
Presentations
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Targeting Reading Strategies: Summarizing
View a presentation of a second-grade teacher using a gradual release of responsibility to teach summarizing. -
Question Sea: On- and Under-the-Surface Questions
Watch how a third-grade teacher uses modeling and guided practice to teach questioning. -
Single-Strategy Instruction: Asking “Wh-” Questions
Watch a second-grade teacher use a single-strategy approach to teach questioning during guided reading and independent center work. -
Teaching Early Readers Questioning Strategies
View a slideshow of a first-grade teacher using interactive and
cooperative learning strategies to teach students about questioning.
Interviews
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Using Thinkalouds With Fiction and Nonfiction Text
A district reading coordinator demonstrates how to use a thinkaloud to promote comprehension. -
Reciprocal Teaching: Helping Students Take Charge
View a teacher leading a Reciprocal Teaching group lesson.
Text Selection
Purposeful Text Selection to Supplement Core Materials
Listen to a literacy coach discuss text selection and watch her help a kindergarten teacher choose nonfiction texts to incorporate into core instruction. The coach emphasizes selecting texts that match instructional purpose and group size and that promote partner sharing. (4:47 min)
Interviews
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Purposeful Text Selection to Supplement Core Materials
Listen to a literacy coach discuss text selection and watch her help a kindergarten teacher choose nonfiction texts to incorporate into core instruction. -
Supporting Teachers’ Text Selection
A literacy coach and kindergarten teacher discuss ways in which the coach supports teachers in reading instruction and text selection.
Schoolwide Instructional Support
Third-Grade Articulation Meeting: Data Review and Planning
Watch a team of third-grade teachers review assessment data and hear how they adjust their reading comprehension instruction based on the needs of their students. Listen to a literacy coach describe the team’s purpose and process. (4:54 min)
Interviews
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Third-Grade Articulation Meeting: Data Review and Planning
Watch a team of third-grade teachers review assessment data and plan reading comprehension instruction based on student needs. -
Unpacking Standards in Grade-Level Teams
Hear a principal and literacy specialist describe the use of professional learning communities to unpack standards and guide instruction. -
The Persistent Principal
Watch a principal and district elementary supervisor discuss the critical role of building-level instructional leadership. -
Helping Students Connect to Text
Listen to an instructional coach describe how she builds partnerships and supports teachers’ instruction in a diverse cultural setting.