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First lines is a pre-reading comprehension strategy in which students read the beginning sentences from a book and then make predictions about that book.

Advantages:

- Requires students to participate what the text is about before they read.
- Activates prior knowledge.

Disadvantages:

- If students are not allowed to revisit or revise their original predictions, it is ineffective.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrockets.org

ELL:

- Students are required to journal and this could be difficult for some ELL students.

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Exit slips are written student responses to questions teachers pose at the end of a class or lesson.

Advantages:

- Very easy and quick to use.
- Shows whether or not the student comprehends based on what the question asks.

Disadvantages:

- May not tell you enough to help the student.
- May not cover the complete topic.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrockets.org

ELL:

- Exit slips are good for ELL students because the are not overwhelmed.

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​Exit Slips are a tool used to check students understanding of new material. This strategy requires students to respond to proposed questions either at the end of a lesson or the end of a class...

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Summarizing teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way.

Advantages:

- Helps find the main points and key details.
- Teaches students how to discern the  most important ideas and ignore unimportant ideas.
- Improves the students memory for what is read.

Disadvantages:

- Summarizing can only be done AFTER reading the entire passage.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrockets.org

ELL:

- Helps ELL students develop their thinking skills by making connections to between details.

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Reading guides navigate reading material, especially difficult chapters or nonfiction reading.

Advantages:

- Helps students find important details in the book that they are reading.
- Outline the important concepts.

Disadvantages:

- Students may simply read for the details and not the whole passage.

Example: LINK

Sources: readingrockets.org

ELL:

- Helps students focus on the details.

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Book Challenge Reading Logs {Freebie!} - neat idea and a good spin off from regular reading logs

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Story sequencing contributes to students' ability to comprehend what they read. This refers to the identification of the components of a story - the beginning, middle, and the end - and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred.

Advantages:

- Helps students of different abilities organize information and ideas.
- Helps improve problem solving across the curriculum.

Disadvantages:

- Students may get confused if they get the story out of sequence.

Example: LINK

Sources: readingrockets.org

ELL:

- Organizes the story so it can be better understood.

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Sequence of Events

Have you ever seen a really good movie? Maybe it was an action-packed superhero movie or a fantasy adventure to a far off land. When a director creates a new film, he or she has to make sure the scenes help the movie make sense from the opening scene until the credits start rolling.

Likewise, as a reader, it is important for you to identify the sequence of events in a story. The sequence of events is the order of events as they occur in a story. Just like when the heroes can't stop the world-ending doomsday machine before it's been built in a superhero movie, the sequence of events in story occurs in a precise order so that it makes sense to the person reading it.

So, how do you identify the sequence of events? Get your popcorn because it's showtime!

Organize the Story

Movie directors often use storyboards to help them visualize what will happen in each scene. Storyboards show what will happen in each camera shot just like the panels of a comic book tell a story. As a reader, you can also think of the sequence of events like a storyboard.

After you've read a story, you can organize the story into three sections and ask yourself the following questions:

What happens at the beginning of the story?

What happens in the middle of the story?

What happens at the end of the story?

The beginning of the story usually introduces the main characters, setting, and problem faced by or purpose of the characters. Next, the middle part of the story usually focuses on the characters as they try and solve the problem. The end of the story focuses on how the problem is resolved, or the end of the characters' journey.

It may help to create a chart, like this one, to help you organize the different events that make up the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Look for Transition Words

In the movies, directors use different transitions between scenes to show the audience that one event has ended and another is beginning. Think about how the screen might fade to black just as the innocent citizen dangles from the ledge of a building and right before the superhero flies in to save the day.

Likewise, authors use transition words to show the relationship between different events, including the sequence of events. When identifying the sequence of events, it's important to look at transition words because they can help you identify when certain events happen.

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With think-alouds, teachers verbalize aloud while reading a selection orally. These include describing things they're doing as they read to monitor their comprehension.

Advantages:

- Helps students to monitor their thinking as they read.
- Teaches students to reread a sentences or to read ahead to clarify.

Disadvantages:

- Could become confusing for the student.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrocket.org

ELL:

- Not as helpful for beginning ELL students.

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Components of an Interactive Read Aloud in the primary classroom with an emphasis on think alouds.

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A story map is a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students learn the elements of a book or story. Students will read carefully when identifying the story's characters, setting, plot, and problem and solutions.

Advantages:

- Great for visual learners.
- Keeps everyone engaged and involved.

Disadvantages:

- If students do not keep it organized, it could become confusing.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrocket.org

ELL:

- The visual aspect is beneficial for ELL learners.

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Questioning the author is a strategy that engages students actively with text. It encourages students to ask questions of the author and the text.

Advantages:

- Aims to engage all students with a text.
- Creates classroom discussions.

Disadvantages:

- Requires a lot of prep work.
- Passage must be interesting.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrocket.org

ELL:

- ELL students may not interact in the discussion due to language barriers.

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Paragraph shrinking is an activity developed as part of the PALS. This allows each student to take turns reading, pausing, and summarizing the main points of summarizing the main points of each paragraph.

Advantage:

- This does not require special reading materials.
- Provides direct opportunities for the teacher to circulate around the classroom and observe students.

Disadvantages:

- Students may not want to read out loud.
- Students may not have enough knowledge to be good coaches during the process.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrocket.org

ELL:

- Gives ELL students the opportunity to be peer-tutored and the chance to practice speaking the English language.

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An anticipation guide is a comprehension strategy used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and to build curiosity about a new topic.

Advantage:

- Set a purpose to the reading.
- They have the ability to engage all students in exploring new information.
- Helps students make predictions

Disadvantage:

- Some students may only scan and focus on the key questions on the guide.
- Students may not carefully read all of the assignment, therefore they will only answer parts of the questions.

Examples: LINK

Sources: readingrocket.org

ELL:

- Anticipatory guides help ELL's because they can use their different backgrounds and experiences to understand a new concept.