How Do You Help Students Read Faster?
Learning how to read faster can be an invaluable skill. Teachers can help students read faster by showing them a few simple steps. By teaching your students to learn how to read faster you can teach them to become better students. Students who read quickly with comprehension may be more confident in their learning abilities and may be able to focus on the content rather than having to worry about getting through the assignment. Preview the book. Teach your students that reading the book does not necessarily picking it up, turning to page one, and reading each word of the text until you reach the back cover. Spending 5-10 minutes previewing the book to see what its main ideas are, what chapters it contains, how it is structured, and so on will prove more effective than simply reading the book or article word-for-word. Once the book has been previewed, set it down and walk away from it for a period of time to allow the information to settle in before returning to read it. Find a quiet pl
