Strategy 7: Rereading

Strategy 7: Rereading (Beers, 2003)

Rereading involves reading the text or passage three times, each time with a different focus. For example, the first time through the passage, you may want the students to write at least three questions they have regarding the passage. The second and third times through, give them specific questions or characters they are to think about as they read. In my math classroom, I plan on implementing this strategy for solving word problems. First, the students will simply read the problem. Second, the students will read the problem and list the “givens,” such as dimensions of a shape, cost of an item, number of marbles in a bag, etc. Third, the students should write, in only a few words, what the problem is asking to find. Examples include: area of a rectangle, total cost, probability. A major obstacle for many students is interpreting exactly what the problem is asking them to do. With this strategy, they will learn to isolate the important information, and focus on finding the solution.

Beers, K. (2003). When Kids Can't Read What Teacher's Can Do. Portsmouth: Heinemann.