Reading Comprehension and Text Structures

Reading Comprehension and Text Structures


Today’s standards emphasize that Reading Comprehension instruction is a shared responsibility among all educators. While ELA teachers lead in building foundational reading skills, all content area teachers must actively support comprehension using text structures and strategies that align with their specific instructional goals. Learn practical strategies to integrate Reading Comprehension practices and expository text structures into all content areas — enhancing students’ ability to understand complex texts and meet both literacy and academic standards.





With this Using Reading Comprehension and Text Structures in All Content Areas professional learning, you will be able to…

•Explain the importance of reading comprehension strategies and text structures for improving student understanding across content areas.
•Analyze how comprehension instruction connects to grade-level assignments, high-stakes assessments, and standards-based instruction.
•Identify effective reading comprehension strategies and commonly used expository text structures.
•Recognize signal words and text features that support the comprehension of informational text.
•Apply comprehension strategies and text structure instruction across content areas.
•Model reading comprehension strategies using direct instruction and think-aloud techniques.
•Design anchor charts and graphic organizers to support student learning of text structures.
•Develop lesson plans that integrate explicit comprehension strategy instruction.
•Select texts, organizers, and strategies based on Learning Goals and curriculum expectations.
•Plan for multiple opportunities within a lesson for students to practice and apply comprehension strategies.
•Guide students in writing about their reading to deepen their understanding and demonstrate their learning.

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The ability to read and understand text is fundamental to student learning. Assessments focus on the “tested 7” strategies that underlie comprehension and you will learn specific ways to help students use these strategies effectively to build knowledge.

State standards emphasize that reading comprehension instruction should be a shared responsibility among all content areas. Learn how to support the development of these important comprehension strategies and how to develop content area lessons in which students independently apply comprehension strategies to understand text and deepen their understanding of content.

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