This website is designed to help teachers by providing information on reading instruction. Throughout the website, you will find information on the history of reading instruction, reading assessment, and reading strategies.

 

History of Reading Instruction

Reading instruction is broken into three eras: Agricultural, Industrial, and Technological. Each era contains people, theories, and events that have altered reading instruction throughout history.

 

Reading Assessments

There are various reading assessments that have been/are used in the education system. The purpose of assessment is to guide educators in altering instruction to meet the students' needs. Each reading assessment is different and examines different aspects of reading. 

 

Reading Strategies

Reading is a complex task made up of many skills and processes. Proficient readers use a variety of strategies to help them make meaning of a text; however there are many readers that do not naturally develop these skills and processes on their own. Effective teachers are knowledgeable about a variety of reading strategies and provide explicit reading instruction to model and explain these reading strategies.

 

Content Area Strategies

Reading is vital in the content areas. Teaching students how to read content area texts, which are organized differently from fictional texts, in the elementary grades guides the students towards becoming proficient readers of nonfictional texts. These content area strategies teach students how comprehend nonfiction texts by analyzing and organizing the information presented.