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This strategy involves a graphic organizer to help the students organize and learn the elements of a story.  This includes: plot, characters, setting, problem, and solution.
Advantages:
- These improve the students' comprehension of a story
- Helps students organize information in a way that will make sense to them
Disadvantages:
- Won't be as effective for non visual learners

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Students search for words that are similar to what they are learning about and circle or highlight once they have found them.
Advantages:
- Enhances the students vocabulary
- Forces students to focus while reading
Disadvantages:
- Some parents believe that the time being used doing word hunts could be used more effectively

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A six sided figure that the students construct themselves.  The cube has six different questions or different perspectives, one on each side of the cube.  The student rolls the cube and answers whatever it lands on.
Advantages:
- This strategy helps students think deeper and apply a higher level of thinking
- This can be used for any topic
Disadvantages:
- Creating the cube can be time consuming and difficult for the students

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This strategy is where the student is given a piece of paper divided into four squares with a word in the middle. Each square contains either the synonym/antonym, a sentence, definition, or picture.  The student fills out the boxes.
Advantages:
- Can be modified for any grade level.
- The boxes do not have to say definition, sentence, picture, synonym/antonym.
Disadvantages:
- Doesn't touch on every aspect of the specific word.

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Used to familiarize the students with words from the text they will be reading.  The teacher provides the terms and the students sort the words into different categories.
Advantages:
- This strategy could be used individually, with small groups, or with a whole class
- Helps teachers get a grasp on what the students may already know about a certain topic
Disadvantagse:
- Students may be scared to be "wrong"

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This tool is used my segmenting words into individual sounds/phonemes.  The child listens to the word and moves a chip for every sound they hear.
Advantages:
-Helps build phonological awareness
-Breaks down the word in an easy way to see
-Teaches students how to count how many phonemes are in a word
Disadvantages:
-Some students are not visual learners and won't benefit from this
-This cannot be used in a whole class setting, must be small groups of individuals because of the need of supervision.

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Written student responses to questions the teacher asks at the end of a planned lesson.
Advantages:
-These help students reflect on what they have learned
- Help the teacher check for understanding
Disadvantages:
- Exit slips may be rushed through if the teacher uses it as an actual requirement to leave the classroom. In order for students to take these seriously, make sure enough time is provided.

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This strategy is a form of semantic mapping that helps them categorize listed words through grouping and labeling them. This helps them organize concepts that may be challenging to them.
Advantages:
- Builds on students prior knowledge
- Teaches how to categorize efficiently
- Helps students organize their knowledge of vocabulary
Disadvantages:
- Might not be helpful for non visual learners
- Can confuse the students even more if not done effectively

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Two students work together and read the assigned text.  Students will take turns reading out loud to each other.
Advantages:
- This strategy allows the teacher to walk around from group to group and listen to individual students while providing feedback.
- Some students may be nervous to read to the whole class and this way they can practice and get feedback
Disadvantages:
- Partners may not take the exercise seriously. Be conscious of who gets paired with who.

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Before the students read, the students listen to a short lecture from the teacher. After the lecture, the students read the text then the class discusses it.  During the discussion, students will compare/contrast the information they learned from the lecture with what they read.
Advantages:
- Helps the struggling readers engage in the classroom discussions
- Builds the students' prior knowledge about a topic before they read about it
Disadvantages:
- Difficult to use on a daily basis because developing the students' prior knowledge takes time