K-12 For Educators

Teachers often struggle with how to best meet the needs of their diverse learners. The reading levels of students vary greatly, which makes it difficult to teach the same skills and strategies to...

All students learn best when effective teaching practices are used, but this is especially true for students with ADHD. Teachers must prepare students by providing a structured lesson that...

English language learners (ELL) can achieve reading mastery through the traditional methods of direct instruction combined with intensive practice in specific reading skills like phoneme...

Graphic organizers are an effective educational tool because they help students organize facts, thoughts and other comprehension elements such as inferences, predictions and summaries. Graphic...

Fluency is the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression and it plays a major role in comprehension of the material read. There are activities and strategies that can improve...

Use a red pen or marker to draw a circle. Draw lines coming out from the circle. This basic type of organizer is sometimes referred to as a spider organizer. The main idea goes inside the circle,...

Teachers can use many types of assessments to measure reading comprehension. They can write tests themselves or use tests that are published with their textbooks. These tests are all useful to a...

Students must master specific skills to become successful readers. Successful readers decode words quickly, have knowledge of vocabulary and use expression, proper speed, and intonation. Good...

Reading assessments measure phonological and comprehension skills. Most of these tests are timed, requiring students to think quickly as well as critically. Students can be better prepared for...

Even for students who love reading, the inevitable comprehension questions and skill reviews can get tiresome, especially in this age of testing. Reading games allow students to practice their...

February marks Black History Month. This is an opportunity for students to learn about the history, culture, and contributions made by African-Americans while improving reading comprehension....

Formal reading assessments allow a teacher to track a student's progress over a period of time in acquiring specific skills. These tests can be administered quickly, and the results are easily...

When educating children, it is important to remember that kids learn in different ways. Finding the best way to get the knowledge across to a group of children is one of the most important jobs of...

While many children possess the ability to read a book, fewer know how to truly comprehend what they read. Regardless of what content area you teach, your goal should be to promote comprehension...

Reading comprehension involves a number of critical thinking skills that are used alone, in combinations or simultaneously. The best way to practice and apply these skills is through real reading...

Reading comprehension is the culmination of many reading skills used simultaneously. Students are taught these skills in varying levels of complexity depending on their grade and academic ability....

When students are learning to read, it can be useful to measure their progress with varying methods of assessment. Some teachers use reading assessment strategies to supplement district...

ESL students, also known as English as a second language students or ELL (English language learners), often find listening comprehension their most important task. There are many ways to improve...

Reading comprehension is an ongoing process and is improved greatly whenever a student advances from the basic skill of fact recall to critically thinking. As a parent or reading teacher, there...

Fifth grade students should have a basic grasp of the fundamental reading comprehension skills, which are predicting, inferring, questioning, summarizing and clarifying. The fifth grade is the...

The second grade is an important time for reading instruction because you move your class from the basics of phonics and reading skills to actual application in a text. The type of texts is...

Sixth-grade reading comprehension should be an experience in application. Any learning problems concerning reading fluency have hopefully been addressed. This is a skill that can still be worked...

Despite parents' and teachers' best efforts, many teenagers don't want to read. But if you watch carefully, you will see a large portion of the teenage population reading---and comprehending what...

The importance of reading comprehension in the third grade cannot be emphasized enough. Research proves that children who are struggling in reading at the end of third grade will have academic...

Reading fluency is achieved when a student can read accurately. This involves not only reading the words correctly but reading with smoothness and proper expression while acknowledging sentence...

Students with learning disabilities present a challenge to teachers in that the traditional methods of reading instruction may not be as effective as alternative ones. The key is finding what...

Most public schools use research-based reading programs as part of adherence to state guidelines. The most important feature of these programs is the comprehension strategies used to ensure...

Reading comprehension is a key factor in academic success and fourth grade is the year when students really begin concentrating on it. There are many ways to engage students in reading that will...

Reading comprehension is a required component of all middle school language arts curriculum. Middle school students should have adequate decoding skills by the time they reach middle school....

Teaching reading comprehension involves a myriad of skills that build upon each other. Being able to comprehend is predicated on knowledge of each skill. Teachers may teach more than one skill at...

Find out how the students' reading comprehension is in their native language. The tests your district uses to assign them ESL status should give you some information, or you can find some...

People with learning disabilities frequently have difficulty with short-term memory, which affects the ability to process information and diminishes reading comprehension. This is because people...

Reading comprehension is a skill learned first in elementary school and is important to master for academic success. Many students have problems understanding the point of a story and remembering...

Young readers tend to read word by word, rather than a sentence at a time. Reading in this way limits reading comprehension. Reading fluently does take practice, but one way you can encourage...

Lower-performing ESL (English as a Second Language) students struggle to acquire the standard proficiency of reading and writing. When preparing lessons, teachers should accommodate all levels of...

There are numerous sites to place to visit in the Sacramento area that will inspire children to want to read including the Sacramento Zoo, the State Railroad Museum and Sutter's Fort. Integrating...

It really does not matter how fast a child reads or how well he can sound out the words if he has not understood what was just read. Solid reading comprehension skills will lead to reading...

Gone are the days of workbooks, filling in the best answer and flipchart skills. Students can learn main ideas, characters' motivation and emotions, cause and effect, and summarizing directly from...