Reading Support Strategies

Reading Challenge Scenario

Comprehension Strategy Category

Specific Strategy to Support Student Needs

Strategy Rationale and Adaptation for at Home

Assistive Technology Tool and Justification

Online Application or Resource and Justification

Scenario 1: You have a fourth-grade student who reads grade-level text fluently but cannot recall or correctly answer questions about the explicit details within the text.

☐Preparational

☐Organizational

☐Elaboration

☐Metacognitive

Scenario 2: You have an eighth- grade student that reads at grade level and after reading scores 90%-100% on reading comprehension quizzes; however, they often want to know the reason or purpose for the articles or books read in class.

☐Preparational

☐Organizational

☐Elaboration

☐Metacognitive

Scenario 3: You have a fifth-grade student who reads grade-level text fluently and can recall and answer questions about explicit details within the text. However, inferred questions that require critical thinking are difficult for them to answer correctly.

☐Preparational

☐Organizational

☐Elaboration

☐Metacognitive

Scenario 4: You have a second-grade student who has been diagnosed with dyslexia. The student is motivated to read, but you have observed frustration when they are reading aloud, and they struggle to decode words affecting fluency and comprehension. They often skip words and try to read at the same pace as their classmates.

☐Preparational

☐Organizational

☐Elaboration

☐Metacognitive