Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies

These sites offer various strategies to improve reading comprehension for students at all grade levels. Includes many online stories and questions to test reading comprehension. There is a reading comprehension inventory and research articles on this topic. Many pages can be printed out and used in the classroom. Some of the tips include KWL charts, story maps, word maps, and story pyramids. There are also links to eThemes Resources on graphic organizers, guided reading, and literature circles.

Grades

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• 2,
• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6,
• 7,
• 8,
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Links

• Reading Comprehension Activities

  This site offers a variety of activities for teaching and improving reading comprehension for grades K-12.

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• Story Map

  This story map graphic can be used for any story to help students better understand the material.

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• ABC Teach: Comprehension Exercise

  This is a story about former President George W. Bush for middle school students that includes comprehension questions.

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• ABC Teach: Reading Comprehension: Middle/High School

  Click on the links to read stories and then answer the comprehension questions. These stories are for middle/high school students. NOTE: This site includes advertisements.

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• ABC Teach: Reading Comprehension, Grades 4-6

  Choose one of the following categories: "Fictional," "Holidays/Seasonal," and "Informational." Once you select a category, click on a title to read a story and then answer the questions. These stories are for students in grades 4-6. NOTE: This site includes advertisements.

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• Reading Comprehension Worksheets

  This site has several handouts with short stories followed by questions that test reading comprehension. These stories are for students in grades 3-5. NOTE: The site has a pop-up ad.

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• Reading Online

  This is the official site for a scholary journal sponsored by the International Reading Association. Read these articles for the latest studies on reading.

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• Reading Online

  Scroll down to read this research article about reading comprehension and how it can be improved. A reference list is included.

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• eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers

  These sites have printable and interactive graphic organizers to be used in the classroom. Includes KWL charts, webs, clusters, timelines, outlines, fish diagrams, story maps, comparing charts, cause and effect charts, and more. Some sites explain how and why to use graphic organizers in the classroom.

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• eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Literature Circles

  These sites explain the benefits of using literature circles to have students discuss books. Includes tips and handouts on how to organize the groups, how to lead discussions, and how to assess student participation. Learn about the different student roles and their discussion duties. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on guided reading.

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• eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Guided Reading

  These sites offer information about guided reading for primary and upper elementary grade levels. Read a case study, plus see how teaching strategies and tips have been implemented in different classrooms. Topics include the Four Blocks teaching method with emphasis on the guided reading and self-selected reading blocks. Also learn how to assign levels to books.

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Education Standards

• ME
  • A1.a
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• MO
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• AU
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• AL
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• OK
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• DE
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• IL
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• UT
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Created: July 08, 2002 at 01:33 | Updated: May 14, 2012 at 20:03