1) Model think alouds.
Go through this process when reading aloud to students and say, "that didn't make sense to me. I am going to read that again".
2) Model and teach comprehension monitoring.
Read a sentence with students and ask what the sentence was about. Repeat. Extend into paragraph level understanding.
3) Teach the "getting the gist" approach.
This is a scaffolded approach.
Step 1. Find the main idea (who or what) of the paragraph.
Step 2. What is the most important thing about the who or what?
Step 3. Combine the details of steps 1 and 2 to write the gist statement.
4) Teach summarization.
Summarize a series of set points in a text while reading or listening.
5) Teach students to be meaning detectives.
Read a passage with students and have prepared errors in terms of nonsense words or statemets that students have to poinnt out as not being appropriate for the text.
(Wheldall & Buckingham, 2023)
