Solutions for Reading Comprehension

Table of Contents

Part 1:  Solutions for Navigating Nonfiction

Question 1: How Do I Scaffold Prior Knowledge and Vocabulary with Nonfiction?
Question 2: How Can I Help Striving Learners Remember the Big Ideas?
Question 3: What Written and Oral Responses Help Striving Learners Deepen Their Understanding of Nonfiction?

Part 2: Solutions for Comprehending Fiction

Question 1: How Can I Help Striving Learners Understand and Effectively Summarize Fiction Selections?
Question 2: How Can I Help Striving Learners Engage in Questioning and Inferring?
Question 3: What Oral and Written Responses Help Striving Learners Deepen Understanding of Fiction?

Part 3: Solutions for Assessment

Summative Record Keeping and Reflection
Conferring: Learning from Individuals
Understanding the Reader
Collecting Data on Cueing Systems
Reading Strategies
Focus on Oral Language
Reading Level
Comprehension and Retell
Fluency, Rate, and Expressive Oral Word-Solving Skills and Phonics