Reading+Strategies

= = = Reading Strategies Workshop =

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On the following pages you will find a number of hints, suggestions, tips and techniques for teaching the Six Active Reading Strategies. There are videos to watch, PowerPoint presentations to view and discuss, and websites with links and resources to explore.

In today's session we would like you to work your way through each strategy - read, discuss, wonder and think how you ( as a proficient reader and possibly the only model of reading behaviour your students will have) use the strategies when you read. On some pages there will be a task to complete, on others there will be an on-line activity to try - please take the time to try each activity to get a thorough understanding of each strategy.

It would be wonderful if you had the time to peruse the following websites over the holidays - there is a wealth of information, planning documents, resources, examples, photographs of classrooms, ideas, hints and charts to use out there, so take the time to see what's there now, to save you time next year when you are teaching & using these strategies with your class.

The [|"Into the Book"] website is very comprehensive - videos, teachers notes, tips and links - but also photographs of charts and classrooms, interviews with teachers and downloadable resources. Definitely worth a look!

The [|Busy Teachers Cafe site] is also interesting (although many links are not working).

A site with lots of helpful ideas and links about Guided Reading and Reading Strategies. [[@http://www.mandygregory.com/reading_strategies.htm|Mandy Gregory site

]] **General process:**

Each strategy is introduced one at a time in a shared reading/modeled reading session. The teacher explicitly identifies the strategy to be explored and uses a "think aloud" to demonstrate her thought processes as she uses this strategy. Children become familiar with the strategy in whole class situations.

Guided Reading sessions are the perfect time for students to try the strategy themselves. The teacher set the scene, models the strategy and the students have a go themselves reading their GR text. As the students demonstrate theri control of the strategy they are encouraged to use it in Silent Reading or independent reading time.