What is your favorite reading strategy to use in order to help kids focus, process information, and assist with comprehension when reading challenging texts?

This week’s episode of Edutopia’s “School of Practice” podcast explores evidence-based strategies to keep kids focused as they tackle challenging texts. In this episode, we discuss everything from pre-reading tactics that make vocabulary stick and activate prior knowledge, to active reading protocols that turn kids into engaged, metacognitive readers.

I share my approaches, but would love to hear what has worked in your classroom!

What strategies do you use that you think other teachers and students could benefit from trying? Along with your response, identify your grade level and subject so that readers can easily locate information that might be applicable to them.

By the way, you can listen to this episode and subscribe to "School of Practice" on Apple and Spotify.