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Description: a prereading vocabulary strategy that activates prior knowledge by having students create a meaningful sentence for each vocabulary word or concept based on what they believe the story will be about.
Advantages:
* activates students' prior knowledge
* sparks curiosity about their reading
* teaches students how their guesses can be meaningful
Disadvantages:
* could be a more challenging concept
* should be paired with other activities in the lesson

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/possible_sentences

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Description: a visual organizer that supports vocabulary development by engaging students in finding a definition, synonym, antonym, and picture for a word or concept.
Advantages:
* helps students fully understand the meaning of a word or concept
* helps students build on prior knowledge to visually show information
Disadvantages:
* may need additional parts to make the activity fun
* risk of being overused

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/word_maps

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Description: an instructional activity that monitors students' fluency development. The students are timed as they practice repeated readings.
Advantages:
* improves reading rate
* improves reading accuracy, which leads to better comprehension
Disadvantages:
* the timed portion could stress out certain students
* a large amount of time would be needed to set aside because it is on an individual basis

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/timed_repeated_readings

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Description: the identification of the components of a story (beginning, middles and end) and the ability to retell the events within a given text in chronological order.
Advantages:
* assists with narrative comprehension
* helps students of varying abilities organize ideas effectively
* important problem-solving skill for all subjects
Disadvantages:
* is not very entertaining
* students may need assistance sorting main ideas from all details
Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/story_sequence

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Description: an instructional activity where students become the teacher in small group reading sessions. Teachers model the activity, then help students take turns leading group discussions using four strategies (summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting).
Advantages:
* encourages students to think about their own thought process during reading
* helps students learn to actively monitor their comprehension
Disadvantages:
* a longer amount of time will be needed
* classroom management will need to be highly implemented
* shy students may have a hard time

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/reciprocal_teaching

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Description: a strategy that actively engages students by asking questions of the author, thus questioning the text as well.
Advantages:
* helps solidify students' understanding of the text
* teaches students to form questions to a new point of view
* teaches students that they should critique the author's writing
Disadvantages:
* might be confusing for some students
* students might have a hard time learning how to be critical of text in a positive-minded way

Sources:

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_the_author

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Description: a strategy in which students take turns reading, pausing, and sharing the main points of each paragraph. Students provide each other with feedback along the way.
Advantages:
* hold each student accountable
* students can practice good listening skills and classroom manners
Disadvantages:
* may be time consuming
* may be difficult for students with a wide range of literacy skill

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/paragraph_shrinking

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Description: a prereading comprehension strategy in which students listen to a short lecture from their teacher. Then, after reading, the class has a whole-group discussion to compare and contrast the lecture with the information they read.
Advantages:
* helps students understand material that is presented verbally
* builds prior knowledge of text before reading
* simple, flexible
Disadvantages:
* could potentially be boring
* may be difficult for visual learners

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/listen_read_discuss

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Description: a prereading comprehension strategy in which students read the first sentences of a book and then use those to make predictions about the text.
Advantages:
* helps students learn how to make predictions
* helps students learn how to focus on text details in new ways
* fun, unique method
Disadvantages:
* the first lines of text are not always inclusive of key details
* may be difficult for lower level students

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/first_lines

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Description: a visual organizer that assists students' understanding of a new topic in new and creative ways.
Advantages:
* helps students understand new information
* helps students understand meaningful connections between the main idea and other text
* easy to construct and versatile
Disadvantages:
* can take a lot of time to construct
* may be difficult for lower students to grasp the concept of

Sources:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/concept_maps

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Description: a comprehension strategy before reading where students listen to or read several statements about key concepts presented in the text, then choose to agree or disagree with the statement based on their prior knowledge.
Advantages:
* stimulates students' interest in a topic and sets a purpose for the reading, because students will want to know the correct answer to the statements
* helps children scaffold information to build curiosity about a knew topic
* helps improve inference-making skills
Disadvantages:
* students may get frustrated if they do not know the answer to the statements or argue their opinion once the correct answer is revealed

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/anticipation_guide

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Description: a read aloud in unison with the entire glass or a group of students
Advantages:
* helps build students' reading fluency and motivation to keep reading
* students who are usually shy or self-conscious about reading aloud can do so without feeling in the spotlight
* helps improve the ability to read sight words
Disadvantages:
* students will have to practice speaking the words at a normal talking level to not drown out all the others
* students may be able to get away with simply moving their mouth instead of reading the words

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/choral_reading

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Description: a reading fluency strategy that involves students in oral reading through reading parts in scripts of plays or stories.
Advantages:
* no memorizing is needed, but each student rereading their parts helps develop their fluency skills
* helps teach students to read out loud with expression and build reading confidence
Disadvantages:
* some students may try to be extra silly during activities like this and act out, or become very shy and timid
* many paper copies will be needed to provide enough for each student

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/readers_theater

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Description: this is a writing organizer that visually outlines the key components of the paragraphs that students are writing, with each component forming a "piece" of the hamburger.
Advantages:
* helps teach students the organization and structure of a paragraph in a fun, creative way
* helps students combine their ideas into cohesive sections
* makes students excited to learn a sometimes boring unit
Disadvantages:
* students may get very hungry during this activity

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/paragraph_hamburger

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Description: an interactive collection of words that are displayed in large letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display area in a classroom.
Advantages:
* can be available for students to view at any time
* very easy to change and edit depending on the vocabulary being practiced
* visual learners can clearly see the patterns and relationships in words to improve phonics and spelling skills
Disadvantages:
* sometimes take up large amounts of space
* may have to be covered or hidden during tests

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/word_walls

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Description: a strategy to help focus spelling study on patterns within words.  Students hunt for other words that follow the same spelling features that they studied during their word or picture sort.  They can use detective gear or magnifying glasses to make the activity more fun and engaging.
Advantages:
* helps enhance students' vocabulary
* can be into a fun, unique activity with props
Disadvantages:
* could distract students from the plot of the poem or story if they are unfamiliar with it
* could be difficult or frustrating for lower level students

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/word_hunts

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Description: this is a strategy where students work together to solve a problem or answer a question about an assigned reading.
Advantages:
* teaches students to share ideas with their classmates and helps build their oral communication skills
* it helps focus the students' attention and engage them in reading material
* maximizes class participation
Disadvantages:
* students may start discussing other topics besides the reading materia
* some students tend to over-power and take over the group, leaving the others with little room to speak

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think-pair-share

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Description: a graphic organizer that helps students learn the elements of a book or story by identifying the characters, plot, setting, problem and solution, and more.
Advantages:
* they improve students' comprehension of the story
* they help students of varying abilities and understanding of storyline concepts to organize the information and their ideas effectively
Disadvantages:
* may be confusing to young or low level students
* may be harder for some students to stay focused if they have to stop reading in order to fill out their story map

Sources:
Google images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/story_maps

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Description: a chart strategy that helps students gather information about a topic from several sources.  Students read or listen to several sources and record answers to posed questions on the chart, with a summary in the final row.
Advantages:
* strengthens reading skills and helps improve use of critical thinking
* students can scaffold knowledge by learning additional interesting facts about a subject
* it can serve as an evaluation tool for the teacher to use
Disadvantages:
* could be difficult for younger grades
* requires extra time and focus

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/inquiry_chart

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Description: Exit slips are student responses that are written to answer questions posed by the teacher at the end of a class or lesson to informally assess students' understanding of the material covered.
Advantages:
* can be used individually, with small  groups, or with a whole class
* they help students reflect on what they learned and improve critical thinking
* provides teachers with an informal measure of how students understood a lesson
Disadvantages:
*can be tedious for students
*could be overused and not taken seriously by students
*students may only put comments to please the teacher

Sources:
Google Images
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/exit_slips