Mildred Said:

What is the best strategy to get all the long reading comprehension questions right on the SAT?

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The ACT is easier. That test does not penalize you for guessing, and your chances of guessing a right answer are greater for the ACT. The science section on the ACT is rather unpleasant though, and requires the test taker to know how to read charts and graphs well. Still, I'd take it over the SAT any day.

Good strategies for the reading comprehension are to read with a pencil in your hand. Underline or circle the thesis, and the main ideas of each paragraph, as well as things you think might be important. It's also helpful to read the questions over quickly before you even begin reading the passage, this helps to see what areas of the reading you'll need to focus on.

Good luck on your tests.

Cory Said:

HELP in SAT: Long-Passage Reading Comprehension!!?

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I'm assuming your problem is you have trouble paying attention while you're reading the passage? My advice: read it sentence by sentence. In your head, literally visualize what the text is saying. It takes longer, but it definitely helps.

Rebecca Said:

Reading Fluency and Comprehension Problems in the classroom. Please Help.?

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I'm not sure if it helps. I'm a student, and I have poor comprehension in the past too. It affected my study quite a lot. Since reading occupies quite a lot of my time every day, I've decided to find some way to improve my reading skills. Finally, I followed some speed reading course and it worked very well. Now I do much better in my study, and it saved me quite a lot of time too.

So I'll suggest you to look for some speed reading course, it is the formal way to improve reading comprehension and reading skills. He must practice with some tools provided in course, or it could be quite difficult to pick up those skills.

I can recommend the course that I've used for your reference too. I chose it at that time because it has quite a lot of good user feedback, and it is affordable. And it covers reading comprehension, reading speed, and memorization skills. There is also a website which tells how to get the best out of the course, and it guides me to choose the online version of the course. I put the links here for you to check them yourself.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…

http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/

Hope it helps :)

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Are there any coupon codes for Teaching Comprehension Strategies All Readers Need:...?

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Product Description
Mini-Lessons That Introduce, Extend, and Deepen Key Reading skills‹and Promote a Lifelong Love of Reading
Pump Up Reading Skills!
For students to understand what they read, they need to be taught strategies good readers use. This book looks at how two gifted teachers do just that. Nicole Outsen and Stephanie Yulga cover key strategies‹such as making predictions, creating mind pictures, identifying big ideas, and connecting to texts on many levels. Each strategy is explored in depth, with mini-lessons for introducing it and deepening students' use of it.

About the Author
Nicole Outsen is a fifth-grader teacher at the North Hampton School in North Hampton, NH. Stephanie Yulga is a second-grade teacher at Prospect Sierra School in El Cerrito, CA. They both write and speak widely on topics such as staff development, teacher research, and reading instruction. Unlike most books on teaching reading comprehension, theirs explores each strategy in depth. They devote a full chapter to each strategy, enabling readers at all stages of development to be successful.

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