Instructional Procedures that Promote Comprehension

As part of reading comprehension instruction, some of the following instructional activities and procedures may be used. Based on research and effective practice, the activities and procedures are intended to help students learn how to coordinate and use a set of key comprehension strategies as they read a variety of texts.

General Instructional Activities

Comprehension strategy instruction can be organized into a three-part framework, with specific activities used before, during, and after reading. Providing instruction such as the following example allows students to see, learn and use a variety of comprehension strategies as they read.

Note, however, that the framework is a general one and represents an array of strategies, all of the strategies in this framework do not have to be used with every text or in every reading situation.