Finding the main idea, important facts, and supporting details.Related Resourcesįor more information, see our related articles and classroom videos: These skills are particularly important for comprehending what is generally known as information reading or expository reading.Reading Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners.Reading 101 for English Language Learners.Classroom Video Library: ELL InstructionĬlassroom strategies: Steps for explicitly teaching comprehension skills.The following steps are useful for all students. However, these need to be complemented with the additional steps below to ensure comprehension for ELLs. Introduce the comprehension strategy or skill (see above list) through examples. Discuss how, when, where, and why the strategy or skills are used. Have students volunteer additional examples to contrast and discuss.For example: contrast main idea with details, fact with opinion, good summaries with poor summaries.

Label, define, model, and explain the strategy or skill. Identify vocabulary words that you think might be difficult for students to understand when they read the text.Debrief with the whole class to ask students to share how they applied the strategy or skill.Give students opportunities to practice using the strategy with a peer as they apply it to a short, simple paragraph from a science text or any expository text.For example, after listing four facts about a healthy diet and four opinions about what is good to eat, label one list as facts and the other list as opinions. Write ELL-friendly definitions for each - that is, simple, brief definitions ELLs can easily understand.

Partner ELLs with more dominant English speakers and ask each student to take a turn reading and thinking aloud with short passages.For example: verbalize a confusing point or show how you use a strategy to comprehend something.

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