Category Archives: Reading Strategies

Students and staff at the high school have been hearing quite a bit already this year about Lexile scores.  All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students have taken the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory), and received a personal Lexile score which is a reflection of that individual student’s reading comprehension abilities. For a complete explanation of [...]

Different types of text, require different types of reading strategies.  Knowing how to effectively read informational or nonfiction texts is an essential skill for success in school and beyond.  The following Discovery Streaming video clips discuss and demonstrate a variety of reading strategies from summarizing and paraphrasing to critically evaluating the reliability and credibility of [...]