1. CSR Collaborative Strategic Reading
Principal Investigator: Janette Klingner Co-Principal Investigator and
Project Director: Alison Boardman
Adaptations: Nicholas Burrous

2. CSR Collaborative Strategic Reading Nicholas Burrous
Kindergarten Teacher and Reading Specialist
Red Hawk Elementary School
St. Vrain Valley School District

3. But First… Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension
End Product After 1 Year

4. An Innovative Approach to Reading Comprehension
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is:
A set of strategies to teach, learn and understand reading.
Students work together in groups to read text & apply strategies to understand.
Includes: monitor comprehension, review & synthesize information, ask & answer.

5. 3 Stages of Reading
Before
During
After

6. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After Teacher introduces topic
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions

7. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After Teacher introduces topic
1. Brainstorm what they know about topic in a list
2. Predict what they might learn
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions

8. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After Teacher introduces topic
Click along until you clunk. Use fix-up strategies:
Teacher introduces topic
1. Brainstorm what they know about topic in a list
2. Predict what they might learn
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions
Get the gist.

9. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After Teacher introduces topic
Click along until you clunk. Use fix-up strategies:
Teacher introduces topic
1. Reread sentence with clunk.
2. Reread sentence before and after clunk.
3. Look for prefix, suffix, and root word.
4. Look for cognates.
1. Brainstorm what they know about topic in a list
2. Predict what they might learn
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions
Get the gist.

10. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After Teacher introduces topic
Click along until you clunk. Use fix-up strategies:
Teacher introduces topic
Write questions and answers:
1. Reread sentence with clunk.
2. Reread sentence before and after clunk.
3. Look for prefix, suffix, and root word.
4. Look for cognates.
1. Brainstorm what they know about topic in a list
2. Predict what they might learn
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions
Get the gist.

11. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After Teacher introduces topic
Click along until you clunk. Use fix-up strategies:
Teacher introduces topic
Write questions and answers:
1. Reread sentence with clunk.
2. Reread sentence before and after clunk.
3. Look for prefix, suffix, and root word.
4. Look for cognates.
Literal (hand)
Inferential (head)
Evaluative (heart)
1. Brainstorm what they know about topic in a list
2. Predict what they might learn
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions
Get the gist.

12. Once alone, then once with a group
Before
During
After
Click along until you clunk. Use fix-up strategies:
Teacher introduces topic
Write questions and answers:
1. Reread sentence with clunk.
2. Reread sentence before and after clunk.
3. Look for prefix, suffix, and root word.
4. Look for cognates.
5. Guess and move on.
Literal (hand)
Inferential (head)
Evaluative (heart)
1. Brainstorm what they know about topic in a list
2. Predict what they might learn
Teacher sums up/clears up misconceptions
Get the gist.

13. Thank you! And good luck teaching reading!
3 Stages of Reading
Before
During
After
Thank you! And good luck teaching reading!