Memory Strategies for Reading Comprehension.
Type of Reading Material |
Strategy |
Purpose/Process |
Fiction/Nonfiction |
STAR Strategy |
The student identifies the main ideas using the 5 ‘W's – who, what (did it do), when, where and why (is it important). An actual star can be used as a visual prompt. The star chart helps students to stop, reflect, and record key information. Another column on the table/spike on the star can be included titled, ‘Strategy to remember'. |
Fiction |
Chapter Strategy Organisers |
Provide the student with a chapter summary organiser to assist them to formally document key information from a chapter. This helps the student to stop, reflect and recall specific events and character details. |
Fiction |
Title and Why |
This strategy prompts a student to stop, reflect and write. Students recall the most important feature of each chapter and record it directly on a post-it note. Students rename each chapter in their own words. |