Reading Instructional Strategies: Resources for Adult Educators

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This collection of video segments produced by KET provides resources for teaching reading in the adult education classroom. In this collection, you will find individual lessons tailored to teaching specific strategies such as questioning, repeated reading, and summarizing. You will also find suggestions for choosing texts that are appropriate and interesting for adult learners. Each resource contains a video clip accompanied by a printable background essay and suggested discussion questions.

In addition to videotaped segments from actual classroom settings, you will find interviews with the classroom teachers who discuss their lessons, their teaching approaches, and the philosophies behind their techniques.

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Check for Understanding

Check for Understanding

Adult education instructor Kay Combs explains how she checks her students’ understanding of a reading comprehension lesson. Video and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

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Choosing Texts

Choosing Texts

Adult education instructor Kay Combs talks about why she chose to use a children’s book for a reading comprehension lesson. Video and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Fluency: Context Clues

Fluency: Context Clues

Context clues help determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase. OER Level

9-12

Video

Fluency: Decoding

Fluency: Decoding

Decoding and memorizing are helpful strategies for understanding individual words. OER Level

9-12

Video

Fluency: Entire Lesson

Fluency: Entire Lesson

Adult education instructor Tanya Johnson introduces a number of techniques to improve reading fluency. OER Level

9-12

Video

Prediction and Inference: Guided Practice

Prediction and Inference: Guided Practice

Adult education instructor Kay Combs and students practice the reading comprehension technique of using prediction and inference. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Prediction and Inference: Lesson Description

Prediction and Inference: Lesson Description

Adult education instructor Kay Combs explains how using prediction and inference techniques can help students with reading comprehension. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Prediction and Inference: Modeling

Prediction and Inference: Modeling

Adult education instructor Kay Combs models a reading comprehension technique for students. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Prediction and Inference: Pre-teaching

Prediction and Inference: Pre-teaching

Adult education instructor Kay Combs prepares students for a reading comprehension lesson. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Fluency: Questioning

Fluency: Questioning

Questioning a text activates prior knowledge and encourages learners to become active readers. OER Level

9-12

Video

Fluency

Fluency

Learners can improve their reading fluency by practicing techniques for more effective reading. OER Level

9-12

Video

Fluency: Repeated Reading

Fluency: Repeated Reading

Repeated reading helps learners to understand unfamiliar words and move on to understanding content. OER Level

9-12

Video

Summarizing

Summarizing

Adult education instructor Kay Combs and students practice reading and summarizing a text for better comprehension. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Summarizing: Activating Prior Knowledge

Summarizing: Activating Prior Knowledge

Adult education instructor Kay Combs helps students activate their prior knowledge of a text. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

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Summarizing: Lesson Description

Summarizing: Lesson Description

Adult education instructor Kay Combs explains how a lesson in summarizing can help students with reading comprehension. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Summarizing: Modeling

Summarizing: Modeling

Adult education instructor Kay Combs models reading and summarizing a text for better comprehension. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

Summarizing: Pre-teaching

Summarizing: Pre-teaching

Adult education instructor Kay Combs prepares students for a lesson on summarizing and reading comprehension. Video, background essay, and discussion questions included. OER Level

9-12

Video

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