Teaching Reading 
      Strategies
  
   How do I get my 
   students to READ, 
   comprehend, and attend 
   before, during and after 
   instruction?
        Preload Information
     Introduce vocabulary – 
      Present vocabulary lists
      Provide definitions
      Participate in group activities 
       • Create vocabulary illustrations
     Build background –
      PowerPoint's
      Web Quests
      Internet Sites
        Preload Information
    Activate prior knowledge –
     Whole group, pair and share, small group activities
     Explore Web Quests, Internet Sites,
     Graphic Organizers
     • KWL charts – 
     • Create Presentations 
    Set purpose for reading –
     Reading Reports – non-fiction/fiction
     Graphic Organizers
       Good Reader Habits
     Discuss good reading traits
      Use “What Good Readers Do” handout
      Model techniques for students
      Have students practice techniques
     Tell students what is expected of them
     Have guided reading activities – read alouds
     Hold literature circle discussions – “fishbowl”
      Draw chairs into circle 
      Student lead discussions – quotations, 
      summarizations, connections, etc.
         Encourage Reading 
         Throughout Course
     Model reading and reading strategies in 
     class
     Make your reading an integral part of the 
     learning that compliments what you are 
     doing in class
     Provide meaningful reading assignments 
     that present information to be employed in 
     class
     Hold students accountable for the reading 
     assignment 
     Provide graphic organizers for recording 
     information learned