This chapter was a great reminder of strategies to help improve a student's reading comprehension.The majority of these strategies have been introduced to me before but I must say that the refresher course was much needed. Sometimes it is easy to forget the importance of both pre and post reading questioning.
Surprisingly, I think many of these can be used in mathematics even though most would not see reading activities lending themselves to mathematics. One particular strategy I liked was the quick writes strategy. With common core recently being implemented, there will be much more more writing and defending of answers, even in maths. Quick writes can allow ample opportunities for students to practice this before being formally evaluated for it on the CCSS testing. It is important for students to be able to defend and explain their answers. Not only will this give us a better insight into their thought processes, but being able to articulate your thoughts can increase the likelihood of recognizing where an error occurred.
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