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Description: Readers assess (evaluate) both the text itself and their reading experience.

Advantages:
*readers assume responsibility for their own strategy use

Disadvantages:
*students could be too hard on themselves and become discouraged

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this as a way to monitor how well they are learning and enjoying the english language.

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Description: Readers paraphrase the big ideas to create a concise statement.

Advantages:
*readers have a better recall of the big ideas when they summarize

Disadvantages:
*it is difficult for students
*takes a lot of practice

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students are given the opportunity to give a brief interpretation of the story. This is informal way to evaluate their understanding. If this strategy is written, ELL students can practice their written language skills.

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Description: Readers ask themselves literal and higher level questions about the text.

Advantages:
*readers use the questions to direct their reading, clarify confusions, and make inferences

Disadvantages:
*students may not be able to formulate questions on their own

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this to dig deeper into the reading. If they verbalize the question, they can improve their oral language and give them an opportunity to clear up confusion.

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Description: Readers make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world links.

Advantages:
*readers can personalize their reading by relating what they're reading to their background knowledge
*students will find more enjoyment in the reading because they can relate

Disadvantages:
*students can become frustrated or uninterested if they cannot make a text-to-self connection

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this strategy to bring their home language and culture into their English readings.

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Description: Readers make thoughtful "guesses" about what will happen and then read to confirm their predictions.

Advantages:
*readers become more engaged on the reading experience and want to continue reading

Disadvantages:
*can be difficult for students

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this strategy to prepare for the story. This will help them think about what is about to happen.

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Description: This strategy is used to to group related words.

Advantages:
*students can think about each word along with the similarities and differences between the words
*could learn new words

Disadvantages:
*may limit students thinking because they only see certain words

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this to learn more words in a certain category. This is a visual tool that will expand their vocabulary and improve their reading. This is also beneficial becasue it is hands-on.

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Description: Reader create mental images of what they're reading.

Advantages:
*readers use the mental images to make the text more relatable

Disadvantages:
*may be difficult for non-visual learners

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this strategy because it is visual. They could draw their visualizations to make their ideas concrete.

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Description: Readers supervise their reading experience, checking that they're understanding the text. This can include: setting goals, adjust reading speed, check for understanding, and making corrections when something is not understood.

Advantages:
*students take responsibility for their own learning
*begin to recognize when text does not make sense
*it is done all the time as students read
*this will help students know if they need to change something in the future

Disadvantages:
*students do not realize they are doing this until they do not understand something

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students could use a graphic organizer to help them monitor. A visual and opportunity to write will help ELL students.

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Description: This uses pictures along with words to describe a term.

Advantages:
*good for visual learners
*easy to make visual connection between word and item
*more likely to remember word because of the picture

Disadvantages:
*does not support non-visual learners
*can become cluttered and confusing

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this strategy to make visual connections. This will help them immediately learn what words go with the pictures on the map. They will be able to make a connection

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Description : This is a device for organizing information graphically according to categories.

Advantages:
* constructs meaningful connections between words
*good for visual learners
*it can be used for concepts, vocabulary, topics, and background
*good study tool
*good to use in prewriting

Disadvantages:
*does not support non-visual learners
*can be confusing if it is unorganized
*easy to be unorganized for some students

Scaffold for ELL: ELL students can use this to make connections between words visually.