Reading strategies middle school

Reading is one thing that many students struggle with. Some students get the underlying messages right away, while others need a little extra help. By the time students reach the high school level, we hope their reading levels have improved from their elementary years. While the majority of students' understanding have improved by the time they reach high school, there are still many students who get frustrated and struggle to read. Below, I will explain and discuss five important and…

Motivate students with independent reading by adding engaging reading sprints...turn the traditional reading log upside down!

As much as I love to read, sometimes I dreaded teaching reading. I was reading by four and everything in language arts came easily to me – it just clicked. When I had students that didn’t improve their reading with my strategies, I didn’t understand why. Now that I am working with my son, I […]

Utilize these fantastic reading comprehension resources to help your student develop this skill.

This one skill I have taught my students is something that is not only super useful for them right now, but it something that can be applied to all subjects throughout their academic career. This is WHAT I teach them and HOW I implement it on a consistent and daily basis!

Close Reading Strategies That Work Close reading is an integral and essential component of the common core standards. Close reading asks students to not only read a text for basic comprehension and understanding, but to really read the text, dig deeply into the text, and make connections with the text. This can be a difficult and daunting task for a generation that grew up bubbling a scantron and moving on to the next task. 1. Don’t rush them. When my students closely read a text, I make…

Once you’ve got your students in a guided reading routine, it's time to have them exploring what they’re reading and completing activities that develop their comprehension skills. This is no small feat when it comes to young readers because their writing skills are generally not developed yet which makes it difficult for them to express themselves independently. In order to set your students up to become comprehension experts, here are some tips and an overview of the order of progression…

Here is a great resource on reading comprehension strategies to use with your students in class. This is basically a chart created by the folks in Scholastic and is available for free download in PDF format. The chart is adapted from the work of Beal, Keene, and Tovani. The chart features 6 major reading comprehension strategies that students can use to improve and enhance their reading comprehension skills. These are:

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How I implement and run guided reading and small group in my middle school and upper elementary ELA classrooms