Studies conducted over the past 15 years provide evidence that good readers use strategies to help them read. They use these strategies before, during and after reading. Those same studies also show that young or struggling readers rarely use these strategies. It is also suggested that poor readers can become good readers by teaching them to use specific strategies before, during, and after reading.
Teachers directly instruct, model, and reinforce reading strategies.
Through this instruction, students become aware of their reading behavior and learn that by following these steps of the reading process their reading performance will improve. Teachers in Anne Arundel County Public Schools provide students with specific strategies, by providing instruction and frequent opportunities for practice. Parents can help their children become good readers by reminding them of the before, during, and after strategies when reading with them at home.