There are numerous methods that facilitate reading comprehension and assist students with determining the meaning of what has been read. Graphic organizers which address sequencing, summarization, questioning, and predicting skills are four of the most effective strategies (Bereiter and Bird, 1985). The Wisconsin Literacy Education and Reading Network (n.d.) have identified six essential reading strategies and graphic organizers that support these strategies (see Appendix E):

• Making connections: KWL (what do you know, what do you want to know, and what have you learned), brainstorming, and LINK (list, inquire, note, know)
• Questioning: KWL, "wl' word charts
• Visualizing: guided imagery, story maps, story pyramids
• Inferring: questioning the author, questionlanswer columns
• Determining importance: KWL, story maps, highlighting
• Synthesizing: Thinking Maps, writing templates, column notetaking