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How Do You Incorporate Reading Strategies Into Your Classroom?

How Do You Incorporate Reading Strategies Into Your Classroom?

Have you ever been to a teacher interview where this question has been asked: How do you incorporate reading strategies into your classroom?

Review the answer below to this challenging teacher interview question.

Rehearse how you would respond if asked this question.

It is important the response you give to the job interview question is truthful, relevant to the position, and shows value to the school district. The following could be a possible answer, or it may provide some ideas for you to tailor your response:

Elementary students need support with what they are reading, and I implement various strategies into my heterogeneous classroom to meet all students’ needs. The reading strategies I incorporate are necessary to help students learn and comprehend what they are reading plus improve students’ reading fluency.

There are two main groups of reading strategies I use in the classroom. Reading for meaning and reading for comprehension to build critical thinking skills. Scanning, skimming, and reading for detail are essential reading strategies that teach students how to pick out certain information from a text.

In my reading lessons, I incorporate exercises that involve students utilizing all three of these strategies to gain the correct answers. Using the reading strategies, inference, prediction, and anticipation help students build their critical thinking skills. These techniques help students move beyond the written information and connect with the text to the outside world.

I think it’s vital that students experience all of these reading strategies, as students will require different reading skills for different text types.

So, how do you incorporate reading strategies into your classroom?

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