<p>Maybe you’ve seen it in your classroom: Students who zip through chapters but then can’t tell you much about what they just read. To move those kids from fluency to sense-making, you’ve got to teach them the habits of good independent readers.</p> <p>In this episode of School of Practice, educator and literacy specialist Nina Parrish walks us through evidence-based strategies that keep kids focused as they tackle challenging texts—from pre-reading tactics that make vocabulary stick and activate prior knowledge, to active reading protocols that turn kids into engaged, metacognitive readers who are always asking themselves, “Did I really understand that?”</p> <p>Related resources: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/podcast/boosting-reading-comprehension-for-all-students">Learn more about this episode</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-ways-support-students-who-struggle-reading-comprehension">5 Ways to Support Students Who Struggle With Reading Comprehension</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-research-backed-literacy-strategies-that-go-beyond-phonics">5 Research-Backed Ways to Build Better Readers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-reading-strategies-retire-year-plus-6-try-out/">4 Reading Strategies to Retire This Year (Plus 6 to Try Out!)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-to-move-from-the-main-idea-to-background-knowledge/">How to Move From the ‘Main Idea’ to ‘Background Knowledge’</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/boosting-students-reading-comprehension-slowing-down/">Slowing Down the Reading Process to Build Students’ Comprehension Skills</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/aiding-reading-comprehension-post-its/">Aiding Reading Comprehension With Post-its</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-ways-to-teach-vocabulary-and-reading-comprehension/">4 Ways to Teach Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension</a></li> <li><a href="https://coachingconnection.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/0/5/26050182/sweeping_round_robin_reading_out_of_your_classroom.pdf">Sweeping Round Robin Reading Out of Your Classroom</a></li> <li><a href="https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/trtr.70024">Research: Promoting Fluency Through Challenge: Repeated Reading With Texts of Varying Complexity</a> </li> <li><a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fedu0000751">Research: A Longitudinal Randomized Trial of a Sustained Content Literacy Intervention from First to Second Grade: Transfer Effects on Students’ Reading Comprehension</a> </li> <li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11145-020-10060-2">Research: Effects of a Read Aloud Intervention on First Grade Student Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, and Language Proficiency</a> </li> <li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6051548/">Research: Understanding Specific Reading Comprehension Deficit: A Review</a> </li> <li><a href="https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1098404">Research: The Effect of Mandatory Reading Logs on Children&#8217;s Motivation to Read</a></li> </ul>