Reading Comprehension
Strategy: Think-Tac-Toe
Appropriate Grade Level: 6th grade – 8th grade
Procedures/Steps:
1. Students are given a grid with three rows and columns.
2. The grid is set up like a tick-tack-toe board. Each row has activities
that are related to one another. However each activity or question is
geared towards a different learning style.
Ex: There could be a question or activity that would best help
visual learners, one that best suits auditory learners, and one that best fits
kinesthetic learners.
3. The three rows may be different in the types of questions asked. The
first row may address the charters from a story, while row two hits on
the plot and row three focuses on the main idea.
Comments and/or tips:
 Students may benefit from grouping.
 Students connect three or are given the option to choose one question
or activity from each row.
 Students of different abilities are able to do the same assignment at
their own level.
Source:
Samblis, K. (2006). Think-tac-toe, a motivating method of increasing
comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 59(7), 691-694.