1	Reading Comprehension Module 1, Session 10
2	Studies show that: Comprehension strategies, for the most part, improve student understanding. Comprehension strategies are not widely taught. The effect size of research studies strongly favor cognitive and direct instruction strategies. Cognitive strategies focus on routines and planful action or general principles; while direct instruction focuses on isolated skill instruction to support higher order processes.
3	General Practices to Improve Comprehension Strategy Prepare reader Understand text structure Questioning Reciprocal Teaching Information processing Summarizing Recreational Brief Description Provide purpose, preview Attend to text framework, advance organizers Pre-reading, content, and summary questions Opportunity to practice & direct instruction Story maps, graphic organizers, analogies Questioning, retelling Reading for pleasure
4	Sequence of Reading Comprehension Practices
5	Common Features of Comprehension Strategies Instruction takes time, more than weeks or months Strategies directly explained and modeled Coaching provided and mini-lessons given as needed Students modeled for each other and frequently explained how they used the strategy Usefulness was explained and attention given to where strategies most useful Teachers modeled strategies throughout the day
6	Text Focused Comprehension Strategies Examples SQ3R Guide questions Graphic organizers Text structure Comments -One of the oldest strategies:survey, question, read, recite, review -Questions can be asked following sentences, paragraphs, sections -Information graphed for relationships, sequences, and patterns -Text organization, headings, tables, etc. Content organization, main idea, topic sentences, etc.