How to Teach Reading Comprehension

Teachers struggle with how to teach
reading comprehension. The implicit-instruction teachers hope that reading a lot really will teach comprehension through some form of reading osmosis. The die-hard implicit-instruction teachers want to believe that reading comprehension is something caught, and not taught. The appetizers of discreet reading skills are easily diagnosed and are frequently easy to teach. Teachers accomplish this by helping all students "catch up" in their areas of reading skill deficits, while they concurrently "keep up" with challenging reading comprehension strategies instruction and practice. Read about the value and purpose of reading assessments that will inform your instruction.

Use shared reading to model the synthesized process of reading. Shared reading means that the teacher reads stories, articles, poetry, songs, etc. out loud to students to model the whole reading process.