Comprehension Strategies

Additional Reading Strategies

These strategies help a readers throughout the reading process.  Click on a link below to view the strategies as a PDF File.

• Open Mind
• SIOP Model of Instruction
• Textbook Activity Guide
• Save the Last Word for Me
• SQ3R

After Reading Strategies

These strategies help a reader reflect after finishing a text.  Click on a link below to view the strategies as a PDF File.

• One Dollar Summary

Before Reading Strategies

These strategies help prepare a reader to actively engage in text.  Click on a link below to view the strategies as a PDF File.

• Previewing the Text
• Setting a Purpose
• Anticipation Guide
• First Lines

During Reading Strategies

These strategies help a reader stay actively engaged in a text as he or she reads.  Click on the link below to view the strategies as a PDF File.

• 321 Strategy
• Double-Entry Journal
• Movie Frame Notes
• Marking Up the Text

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