Does your modelled reading always have to have a comprehension strategy focus?

There are 5 areas of reading and your modelled lessons should and could be focused on any of those. You need to have clarity around your data (students needs), your syllabus/curriculum and your scope and sequences.

Teaching comprehension strategies to students is essential. Students need a range of strategies when they get stuck in a text, and need to problem solve for meaning or accuracy. But Dan Willingham clearly states that once students can identify a strategy, explain it and finally use it effectively in a number of different circumstances, there is no further need to teach it.

Schema is the main component of comprehension. All students need teachers to model how to gain understanding from texts at deeper levels. A large chunk of your modelled reading lesson should be focused on building schema, using schema to make connections within the text and reading more challenging texts to access more sophisticated schema.

Relevant Related Content

Comprehension modules:

https://www.training247.com.au/modules/comprehension-1-introduction-to-comprehension

https://www.training247.com.au/modules/comprehension-2-research-to-practice

2019 Term 1 Live Q&A video clip: