Recognizing story structure instruction will help children develop their reading comprehension skills. This will help children identify key factors in stories including characters, setting, events, problem and resolution.
Understanding phonics is an essential reading skill. Teach students to understand phonics by helping them to better understand words by sounding them out. Focus on common words that form other words students will see often such as "at," "or," "and" and "the." Mastering phonics will help students develop a higher level of comprehension for a better understanding of reading as they advance in their educations.
Allow children as much time to read and experience reading as possible in the classroom. Set aside parts of the day for quiet reading times and for group reading sessions. Bring in guests to read to the children as often as possible. Show children how reading skills advance by bringing in older students with more advanced skills to work with students and read with them. This will help encourage discouraged students to keep trying to improve their reading skills.
Teach students that there are four types of vocabulary--listening, speaking, reading and writing--and they can all be practiced in different ways to help students better comprehend what they are reading. Give quizzes and tests to encourage students to study and learn the meaning of various words and ask children to explain various words during group reading sessions so that they can learn from one another. Developing vocabulary skills will help develop reading skills in students.
Summarizing is a reading skill that will help students develop their reading skills by teaching them to convey a story in their own words. Teach children how to identify key factors in a story, eliminate unnecessary data and encourage them to remember what they read.