Area: Reading Comprehension
Strategy: CAPS
Appropriate Grade Level: K-8
Procedures/Steps:
This reading comprehension strategy is a self-questioning strategy that can be used
to help students find answers to questions about what is important in a story.
Characters
• Who are the Characters? Aim
• What is the Aim of the story?
Problem
• What Problem happens?
Solved
• How is the problem Solved?
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Comments and/or tips:
- Teachers should model this for students, Describing and practicing each
component.
Source:
Leinhardt, G., & Zigmond, N. (1988). The effects of self-questioning and story
structure training on the reading comprehension of poor readers. Learning
Disabilities Research, 4(1), 45-51.