Read+Rate+Re-read+Strategy

Read Rate ReRead **Reading Skills:** ** ·   Determining writer’s purpose   ·   Identifying the main idea   ·   Monitoring reading   ·   Establishing a purpose for reading  ** **Overview of “Read, Rate, and Reread” Strategy** **This lesson will help students improve their reading comprehension by emphasizing the importance of careful, repeated readings of material** **__ 3 Readings: __**

Ø Single best way to improve reading comprehension

 * ** Ø ****Rate your understanding after each read **
 * ** Ø ****Use a text slightly above their level, but not a frustrational level; if needed you can read it to them **
 * ** o ** **Independent level students know 95% or more of the words **
 * ** o ** **Frustrational level students know 89% or less of the words **
 * ** Ø ****Ask what is it that you saw this time that you didn’t see the first time **
 * ** Ø ****Don’t do this daily, but intermittently to remind students of the strategy. **
 * We want students to see that rereading improves their understanding **