How do you infuse the teaching of reading skills and strategies? If you use a basal reading series, you most likely focus on one skill and strategy for a 1-2 week period. Even if you don't use a basal and find your own texts to use, it's a great practice to focus on re-teaching and reviewing comprehension skills and strategies. They're all so interrelated anyway. When I teach reading skills and strategies, I like to display a poster on our class focus wall. This lets anyone who walks in the classroom know what we're targeting at the time, and is also a great reminder for students. Even better than that, I have the same posters available to students at their desks. I don't start the year with a full ring of cards because that would be overwhelming, but I do give students a card to add to their rings as we go over it. I find students referencing their comprehension rings often during their seat work, independent reading, and even group work. We use these during small group time as well. To use these cards, I print them (they come 4 to a page), laminate, cut them out and hole punch. The students do the rest. I know it can be tedious to laminate these bad boys, but I want them to last all year. Plus, it's a great task for my parent volunteer! There are the posters we use throughout the year. They're bright and fun, meaning they draw attention to themselves--which is the point! You can find these posters as well as mini-posters in my TPT store. They're bundled together as well for a discounted price!
Freebie! One of the keys to teaching reading comprehension is showing kids how proficient readers think about text. Teachers have to find a way to make their thinking visible. One way is with graphic organizers.
"Anybody with problem-solving and comprehension skills can do what I do."
I have a quick and simple tip for you today. Another teacher gave me this tip a few years ago and I love it! (I wish I remembered who gave me this tip and where they got the idea from so I could give the credit.) Do you ever start to give directions and you ... Read More about A quick classroom management tip
If we want language to come OUT of our students’ mouths, we must get language IN to their heads. They need INput so that they can produce OUTput. » Input is reading and listening » Output is speaking and writing This is common sense. A learner cannot utter an expression in a new language if…
Ready to up the reading comprehension skills in your classroom? The Witches by Roald Dahl is the perfect book to engage your students this October. Check out this blog post for all the details.
Hello and welcome! I'm Kristen Vibas (Vee-bus) and I'm so glad you're here! I've been an ESOL teacher since 2005, and began creating and posting educational
Building listening comprehension skills doesn’t have to be boring! "Mashed Potatoes" is a listening game that promotes listening comprehension AND giggles!
We cannot overlook the importance of teaching listening comprehension strategies to our students. These strategies are easy to implement into any classroom.
Stellaluna book activities that are available in a printable and digital format. Students respond to literature and develop reading comprehension skills.
I love using short films to teach reading comprehension skills, and my students love watching them!
I mean...why WOULDN'T you use cootie catchers in your reading block? It makes perfect sense. Ok - remember last week how I was talking about doing a little spring cleaning with some of my TpT resources? Well, I did a little spring cleaning in my file folders on my computer as well. Yikes. Now THAT'S a bit of a rabbit hole. I got in a little deeper than I wanted to, but I figured I might as well finish the job. I got rid of a lot (a LOT) of cringe worthy products that just didn't make the cut anymore, and I got some major organizing done as well. BUT - you know what I found? THIS >>> It's a reading comprehension cootie catcher that I TOTALLY forgot I made! And since it resurfaced for me - I thought I'd resurface it for you! I'm sure I made it for you guys in the first place, but I can't for the life of me find it anywhere on the blog. There's actually 3 different versions. They have different comprehension questions that can be used with any fictional book. They work great as a quick partner review game. You can download them here! Find any long-lost things in your spring cleaning, lately? Pin and Share this freebie:
Morphology instruction is a powerful strategy for improving vocabulary and comprehension. This post shares several morphology activities.
Teachers, looking for reading comprehension practice for 3rd grade? This blog post has resources and activities you will LOVE!
In all my years teaching in a self-contained special education classroom the reading curriculum offered to me was either a fluency program or an A-Z reading
Improve comprehension with these engaging and fun reading comprehension strategies! They'll learn important skills that are easy to remember.
If you are looking for some high-interest activities, try using animated shorts to teach inference. Free handouts focus on student learning.
Learn how to teach the reading comprehension strategy visualization with these engaging lesson plans for first and second grade students.
Are your students having trouble identifying theme within a story? This step-by-step process scaffolds through several reading comprehension skills to help students get a thorough understanding of theme. Students will be able to determine the theme of a story, poem, or drama from details in the text by first
Okay teacher friend. It’s finally here. And I’m so excited! I’ve had this resource collecting dust on my computer for years now. I’ve been using this strategy in my classroom for the last few years, but haven’t had the energy or time (teacher life + mom life is exhausting, am I right?) to put it all together so that it’s ready to go for busy teachers like you! Well, it’s finally finished and I finally get to unveil it to you! Did you know I have a FREE downloadable reading response menu board that you can print now and use in your
Figuring out how to build listening and reading comprehension in students with language issues is a tall order. There always seems to be a million skills they’re struggling with and not enough hours in the day to get to them all. Let’s face it, there are a lot of articles, studies, presentations, materials (and so...
In this post, I share my teaching strategies for reading comprehension in my upper elementary classroom. These effective reading strategies are easy to implement and they have been great for helping my students become better readers. Plus you can grab some FREE reading worksheets below! *This post contains affiliate links to Amazon for your convenience. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying
Reading comprehension skills like making inferences, finding the main idea, and recognizing cause and effect are critical curriculum eleme...
4 diferentiated Activities for using the book Jabari Jumps in your special education classroom this summer (or ESY!)
Looking for ways to use comprehension passages in your classroom? Come check out how use mine plus check out my new comprehension one pagers!
Your child will love reading nonfiction texts after reading this exciting dinosaur facts worksheet! Strengthen your child’s reading comprehension skills by challenging him or her to pick out key details of the passage. Keep kids motivated with fun texts from Kids Academy!
Reading comprehension strategies for all types of learners. Encourage and
4 diferentiated Activities for using the book Jabari Jumps in your special education classroom this summer (or ESY!)
Don't have time in your day to reach every student? My 10 Minute Reading Intervention resource can help you squeeze in lessons that are fast & effective!
I love anchor charts and use them daily. They are such a great tool in my classroom, for my students, as well as for myself. Read this blog post for ideas on how to create
Hi everyone, My little learners have been working SO hard on their reading these past few months and I am VERY excited to show what what they have been up to!
Making connections when reading these suggested picture books will help your students use their prior experiences to make sense of the text.
Building listening comprehension skills doesn’t have to be boring! "Mashed Potatoes" is a listening game that promotes listening comprehension AND giggles!
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Perfect for kids in kindergarten through middle school, these reading comprehension strategies and activities for struggling readers will not disappoint!
