Before Reading Strategies
The most powerful time to support student readers is before students begin to read. Before reading strategies help students activate prior knowledge and focus their attention on the purpose of the reading.
Students learn best when they have adequate background knowledge about a topic. The more teachers help students to understand concepts prior to reading about them, the better students will read. By "frontloading" instruction-- shifting teaching to before student reading-- teachers can accomplish a number of important objectives.
Students learn best when they have adequate background knowledge about a topic. The more teachers help students to understand concepts prior to reading about them, the better students will read. By "frontloading" instruction-- shifting teaching to before student reading-- teachers can accomplish a number of important objectives.