How to teach primary school children

Conclusions
This post has really just scratched the surface of teaching comprehension strategies, but I hope you got a couple of new ideas to try out with your little ones!
With these comprehension strategies (as with anything), I focus on moderation. I want my students to learn to actively use these strategies, but I don’t require them to memorize the names of the strategies. We also spend plenty of time talking about the actual content of text.
The lessons I mentioned in this post can be found in my Reading Comprehension Strategies Curriculum for K-1. This is a series of 9 units that can be purchased individually or as a discounted bundle. Each unit is based around a foundational comprehension strategy, and the units address the fiction and nonfiction Common Core Standards. To read more about the lessons, click on the image below:

I’m thankful that becoming a classroom teacher and (and then a reading specialist) has made me a more intentional (and better) adult reader. I hope that by teaching our students to use comprehension strategies at a young age, we can help them avoid the problems that arise from not having the tools they need to navigate complex texts.
Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2007). Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension for understanding and engagement (2nd edn). Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
How To Create A Classroom That Serves Your Students.

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Want to make some changes to your classroom to better serve your students' needs? Below are some ideas you can use to design a classroom that meets your students' needs. Teachers today have more access to technology and instructional practices to better teach their students than ever before. Technological access and ever-evolving teaching strategies have allowed teachers to foster their students’ learning tremendously. However, there is an aspect where many classrooms lack in creating a great learning environment, classroom design.
Classroom design is often overlooked by educators due to the majority of educators placing a larger emphasis on technological modes of student education and trending pedagogical studies. Despite the importance of instructional technology and teaching strategies, I contend that a vast majority of students would benefit from an increased emphasis on classroom design to supplement student learning.

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