Collaborative+Strategic+Reading

= = =Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) involves students of diverse reading and achievement levels working in cooperative groups, and it has improved learning opportunities for students with learning disabilities (IRA, 2002).=

=Preview:= Students recall what they already know about the topic and predict what the passage may be about. Goals: -Generate interest -Stimulate background knowledge -Facilitate ability to make predictions

Encourage students to look at -headings, subheadings -italicized, bolded, or underlined words -pictures, tables, graphs -questions or key information that may be highlighted

=Click and Clunk:= Students monitor their comprehension as they identify troublesome words and concepts, and they apply fix-up strategies when the text does not make sense. Click - When students understand what they are reading, and things are clicking along smoothly. Clunk - When students identify words, concepts, and ideas that they do not understand. Clunk is the image of a student running into a brick wall.

=Get the Gist:= After students have finished reading a section of text, they can restate the most important ideas in their own words.

=Wrap-up:= After reading, students summarize what has been learned, and they generate questions that might be asked on a test.

The following question stems can be used to help students wrap-up: -How were _ and _ the same? -What do you think would happen if _? -What do you think caused _ to happen? -What might have prevented the problem of _ from happening? -What are the strengths and weaknesses of _?

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[|Lesson for Grades 3 - 8 using Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR)]