LAVC, Department of Psychology
Developmental Communications
®
PLATO Fundamental Reading Strategies Curriculum
DEVCOM 22E Alternative, Option 3
PLATO® Fundamental Reading Strategies
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For middle, high school, and adult learners
Skills typically taught in grades 5–6
61 hours of instruction
27 discrete learning objectives
Requires audio support
PLATO® Fundamental Reading Strategies is designed to help learners develop
useful and effective strategies to assist them in becoming proficient readers.
The principal teaching device is the “Think Aloud,” which features a tutor who
demonstrates a particular strategy over a range of passages and situation.
Along the way, the learner takes more and more responsibility for using the
strategy without help. Ten distinct reading strategies are taught for skill levels 5–
6. Tied with PLATO® Intermediate Reading Strategies, which teaches the
same 10 reading strategies at skill levels 7–9, the curricula can be used
together to create a reinforcing, spiral instructional path.
OUTLINE
PLATO® Fundamental Reading Strategies
 Expanding Your Vocabulary
o Using Context Clues
o Using Prefix Clues
o Using the Dictionary
 Using What You Know
o Using What You Know to Read Stories
o Using What You Know to Read Information
o Using What You Know to Read More Information
 Separating Facts from Opinions
o Separating Facts from Opinions
o Separating More Facts from Opinions
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LAVC, Department of Psychology
Developmental Communications
®
PLATO Fundamental Reading Strategies Curriculum
 Asking and Answering Questions
o Asking and Answering Questions about Stories
o Asking and Answering Questions about Information
o Asking and Answering Questions about More Information
 Reading Between the Lines
o Reading Between the Lines in Stories
o Reading Between the Lines in Information
o Reading Between the Lines in More Information
 Finding What's Important
o Finding What's Important in Stories
o Finding What's Important in Information
o Finding What's Important in More Information
 Summarizing What You Read
o Summarizing Stories
o Summarizing Information
o Summarizing More Information
 Using Pictures to Help You Understand
o Using Pictures to Help You Understand Information
o Using Pictures to Help You Understand More Information
 Picturing What You Read
o Picturing What You Read When You Read Stories
o Picturing What You Read When You Read Information
 Tracking Your Understanding
o Tracking Your Understanding of Stories
o Tracking Your Understanding of Information
o Tracking Your Understanding of More Information
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