Blumberg Center for
Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education
Project for responsive educational systems
online evidence-based intervention resources
Reading: Comprehension
All Levels
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Academic Interventions Bank
Training
Addresses areas of concern, strategies, direct teaching techniques, practice, progress monitoring, and references/resources
Students are taught to use a basic 'Story Grammar' to map out, identify and analyze significant components of narrative text (e.g., fiction, biographies, historical accounts
"Click
or Clunk?”: A Student Comprehension Self-Check
Students
periodically check their understanding of sentences, paragraphs, and
pages of text by using a checklist to apply simple strategies to solve
reading difficulties
CSR: A
Reading Comprehension Strategy
Outlines Collaborative Strategic Reading, a strategy for helping students improve their reading comprehension skills; in CSR, students work together in small groups to apply reading strategies as they read text from content areas, such as science or social studies
Differentiated Instruction for Reading
Gives an overview of Differentiation and explains how to apply it to enhance reading instruction
Effective Interventions for Struggling Readers—Comprehension
Professional Development Module
Provides teachers with the knowledge and tools necessary to provide effective reading interventions for students who struggle with reading comprehension
Intervention Strategies:
Comprehension
Identifies specific strategies to address certain student difficulties
Interventions for Improving Reading Comprehension
Provides
interventions that utilize peer tutoring in sight words, repeated
readings, reconciled reading, group story mapping, story grammar
training, story retelling, KWL strategy, question-answer relationships
strategy, paraphrasing strategy, summarization strategy, and other
resources; each intervention includes appropriate grade levels, purpose,
description, steps, and evaluation strategies
Keywords: A Memorization
Strategy
In this mnemonic (memorization) technique, students select the central idea of a passage and summarize it as a 'keyword', recode the keyword as a mental picture, and use additional mental imagery to relate other important facts to the keyword; they can then recall the keyword when needed, retrieving the related information
Mental Imagery: Improving Text
Recall
Students increase their reading comprehension through constructing “mental pictures” and studying text illustration
Muskingum College Center for Advancement for Learning Strategies Database
Reading comprehension intervention strategies
Opening the Door: Teaching Students to Use Visualization to Improve
Comprehension
Provides a
step-by-step strategy and tips and resources for developing students'
comprehension skills
Builds student motivation and interest by having them participate along with the teacher in repeated public readings of a story across several days
Prior Knowledge: Activating the
Known
Through a series of guided questions, the instructor helps students activate their prior knowledge of a specific topic to help them comprehend the content of a story or article on the same topic to increase inferential comprehension
Students are taught to boost their comprehension of expository passages by locating the main idea or key ideas in the passage and generating questions based on that information
Reciprocal Teaching: A Reading
Comprehension Package
The intervention package teaches students to use reading comprehension strategies independently, including text prediction, summarization, question generation, and clarification of unknown or unclear content
Simple strategy that students can use to boost their recall of expository prose by looking back in the text for important information
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Elementary Focus
North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory: KIP,
FLIP, & SAIL Early Reading Interventions
Addresses
students K-6. Students qualify for reading intervention based on
multiple criteria including ISTEP test results, universal screening, and
teacher recommendation. The reading intervention program is designed to
serve those students most at-risk for failure in reading.
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades K–1
Outlines
the benefits of implementing Peer Assisted Learning Strategies, a peer
tutoring strategy in which students work in pairs to strengthen their
reading skills, in grades K-1; includes step-by-step instructions in
each of the PALS activities as well as printable PALS materials
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2-6
Outlines
the benefits of implementing Peer Assisted Learning Strategies, a peer
tutoring strategy in which students work in pairs to strengthen their
reading skills, in grades 2-6; includes step-by-step instructions in
each of the three PALS activities as well as printable PALS materials
ReadWriteThink Student Materials
Index
Offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.
Wakefield, NE, Educational
Service Unit RTI Reading Interventions
Offers tiered interventions for reading comprehension
Secondary Focus
Instructional strategies for improving reading comprehension
PALS: A Reading Strategy for High School
Outlines
the benefits of implementing Peer Assisted Learning Strategies, a peer
tutoring strategy in which students work in pairs to strengthen their
reading skills, in high school; includes step-by-step instructions in
each of the three PALS activities as well as printable PALS materials
Gives intervention strategies for narrative and expository text (intermediate and secondary)