Rereading
Overview
Students build their confidence, strategy use, and comprehension by reading and rereading multiple texts. Rereading promotes greater Reading Fluency and accuracy in reading, while also supporting deeper comprehension of the text. Reiterating the practice of rereading as a positive habit builds students' confidence in their reading.
Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom
Watch how this sixth grade teacher teaches and modeles strategies to understand an informational text, including rereading. The teacher helps guide his students through the habits of good readers and emphasizes rereading for understanding.
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Learn how Newsela encourages rereading through predesigned or teacher curated text sets. Each text is paired with comprehension questions, annotation prompts, and other activities. For example, students can be given guidelines to color coordinate annotations in the text and are prompted to go back and pick out this information after a first read. This allows learners to explore literary texts and practice Disciplinary Literacy, while promoting deeper reading.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Repetition Strategies
Daily review strengthens previous learning and can lead to fluent recall of information and application of skills.
Increasing how much and how frequently students write improves both their writing quality and content knowledge.
Opportunities for students to practice skills in context, with teacher support and also independently, helps to move concepts and ideas into Long-term Memory.
Practicing until achieving several error-free attempts is critical for retention.
Having students verbally repeat information such as instructions ensures they have heard the information and supports remembering, particularly for those students who struggle with Attention.
