Comprehension Strategies

Comprehension Strategies

Name	How It Works	How I Can Use It
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA)	1) brainstorm words associated with content; 2) predictions resulting from teacher-directed text examination; 3) read the text; 4) discuss predictions and more	This could work with a historical text, something that the students might already be somewhat familiar with.
Directed reading Activity (DAR)	1) reading preparation, vocab introduced. 2) teacher uses another activity, like above, to guide reading. 3) post-reading strategy (like ReQuest) 4) specific student needs	This is a pretty basic model of what should always be done.
ReQuest	students read passage. students bring up questions. teacher shares own questions to model.	Teaching students what kinds of questions are useful to ask will help them improve as active readers.
List-Group-Label	brainstorm words related to topic. groups combine and categorize words.	Working so hands-on with vocab words can help them to remember them later.
Question-Answer- Relationship	consider what kinds of questions are being asked. textually explicit (found in text). textually implicit (suggested from text). scripturally implicit (from students knowledge of the topic).	Helping students identify the kinds of questions they have can help them find the answers.
Cluster Strategies	visual arrangements of terms, events, people, or ideas. ex: semantic map; concept mastery map.	Visual arrangements can be very helpful to some students, and would be an excellent addition to a repertoire of vocab strategies.
Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA)	connect prior knowledge with new knowledge. a visual matrix is used to connect ideas and organize relationships.	This would help teach students how to use their background knowledge from various things to connect and understand new knowledge.
Context-Structure-Sound-Reference (CSSR)	steps to understand an unknown word. use context clue to guess word meaning. analyze structural features (root, suffix, prefix...). consider phonics/sounds. refer to something else to look it up.	I could teach this strategy as a method to figure out a word meaning without needing to look it up right away.