What is Scaffolded Silent Reading (ScSR)?
When the traditional practice of silent reading was found ineffective in developing reading fluency in students, the strategy was redesigned and introduced as the Scaffolded Silent Reading strategy (ScSR). This new strategy, ScSR, aims to support and guide students, by providing structure, accountability and monitoring of the reading session. In this way, students […]
What is the High 5 Reading Strategy?
The High 5 Reading Strategy is a simple and effective approach formulated to enhance the comprehensive abilities of students. By using this technique, students are able to understand the material and direct their attention to the details. It thus enhances students learning and helps them prepare for an essay or report submission or […]
How can Individual and Group Reading Assessments be Used in the Classroom?
Individual reading assessments are assessments where the teacher spends time with every student individually to assess their reading skills. This helps teachers fully understand the progress of the students who can benefit with special undivided attention. However, a major disadvantage is that the teacher would need a lot of time to complete an […]
How can the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale be used to Assess Reading?
Vocabulary Knowledge Scale is a simple informal assessment that can be used to assess a student’s knowledge of words that they need to know. Students are given a list of words and are asked to rate the words depending on how well they know them. This process helps them recall words, and also […]
What are some Book Report Ideas that will Make Reading Assignments more Enjoyable for Students?
Book reports are often dreaded and considered boring by students. It is, therefore, important that we make such assignments interesting, interactive and fun for our students. Students are able to work and perform better when they know exactly what is required of them. Teachers may help them understand the purpose of the report […]
How to Use Flowcharts in Your Classroom?
Flowcharts in the classroom are graphical representations of students’ thinking processes. It allows students to chalk out their ideas and thoughts in a logical and organized fashion, giving them the freedom to come back and reflect on it. With this method, a student is able to describe a sequence of events or actions […]
What are the Components of Reading?
All students meet and understand class text in different ways, depending on the “files” they have gathered since birth. A teacher’s awareness of how easy or difficult the text is for each student makes learning stronger for everyone.
Teachers can use assessments to tell us how well students are reading. Once we have data […]
What is Directed Reading Thinking Activity?
Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) is a strategy that encourages students to use their minds while reading a text. It guides students to ask questions based on what they read, make predictions on the story line and read further to confirm if their predictions were right. This process helps develop them into thoughtful […]
How do I Teach Reading Comprehension to ELLs?
One of the ways to teach reading comprehension to English Language Learners ELLs) is through the INSERT method. INSERT or Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading and Thinking) is a method that encourages students to read actively and make notations right in the text, or on post-it notes.
Notations are written using the following […]
How do I Teach Visualization in Reading?
Visualization in reading is basically the skill of being able to draw a visual picture in the mind based on the text that one is reading. It is a process of imagining as one reads and is generally used to enhance reading comprehension.
Harvey & Goudvis 2000 stated that ‘visualizing strengthens reading comprehension skills […]
