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Post Reading Activities for Deeper Understanding
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Post Reading Activities for Deeper Understanding

Post-reading activities encourage students to gain a deeper understanding through graphic organizers, news report, exit slips, class discussion, role play, and student responses to questions crafted to encourage students to dig deeper. These after-reading activities get students to analyze the different concepts in a story, including character analysis and main idea exploration of the reading.

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During Reading Strategies to Assess Student Understanding
Reading Comprehension, English Language Arts, Literacy Teaching Heart & Soul . Reading Comprehension, English Language Arts, Literacy Teaching Heart & Soul .

During Reading Strategies to Assess Student Understanding

During reading strategies are helpful comprehension strategies to assess student understanding during a reading lesson. These reading strategies provide students with opportunities to practice reading comprehension, using a graphic organizer, note-taking, and critical thinking skills.

Reading strategies like KWL, Reciprocal Teaching, and Story Maps help students organize information as they read.

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Important Pre-Reading Strategies to Engage and Prepare Students
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Important Pre-Reading Strategies to Engage and Prepare Students

A pre-reading strategy is a great way to activate prior knowledge and prepare students for reading. Pre-reading strategies build background knowledge and encourage students like English language learners and struggling readers to comprehend a particular text.
Before students begin reading, they can activate prior knowledge, set a purpose, review key elements, see the big picture, practice note-taking, and get a general understanding of the text by using a graphic organizer or other pre-reading resource.

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