Comprehension Strategy

CSR strategy (modified)R.A.M. strategy extended

Experiences in classroom

Experiences doing own reading

Ideas for modifications

O, T, N, R, Y

Review of R.A.M.

Explain purpose of strategy

Model strategy by “thinking aloud”

Do strategy together with students

Guide students’ practice

Supervised independence

Foundations to Recall

Prepare and Preview◦ Address difficult vocabulary; review grammar

structure (for less advanced students)

◦ Discuss what students already know about the topic

◦ Look at pictures, titles, bolded or repeated words/phrases, or headings to predict what they might learn

Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR

Students read text while answering and marking WH questions. (R.A.M.)

Students reread text (if necessary ) to identify if text is primarily about:1. a person, place, or thing. 2. which person, place, or thing. 3. what is being said about the person, place, or

thing

Students share what the “Gist” or Main Idea of the section is.

Finding the Gist

Bremer, C. D., Vaughn, S., Clapper, A. T., & Kim, A. (2002). Collaborative strategic reading (CSR): Improving secondary students' reading comprehension skills. Improving Secondary Education and Transition Services through Research, 1(2), 1–7.

Dimino, J. A., Simon, E., & Vaughn, S. (2007). Collaborative strategic reading (CSR): Improving reading comprehension skills. National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) Conference Call Presentation, September 17, 2002.

References* indicates primary source for power point

Education Development Center. (2007). Reading: Reading expository text. Retrieved March 4, 2008, from http://www.literacymatters.org/content/readandwrite/expos.htm

*The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2008). CSR: A reading comprehension strategy. Retrieved on February 1, 2011from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/csr/chalcycle.htm

Klingner, J. K., Vaughn, S., & Schumm, J. S. (1998). Collaborative strategic reading during social studies in heterogeneous fourth-grade classrooms. The Elementary School, Journal 99(1), 3–22.

Readwritethink. Get the Gist: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area. Retrieved on February 4, 2011, fromhttp://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/gist-summarizing-strategy-content-290.html

Schumaker, J. B., Deshler, D. D., Alley, G. R., Warner, M. M., Denton, P. H. (1982). Multipass: A Learning Strategy for Improving Reading Comprehension. Learning Disability Quarterly, 5(3), 295-304.