State of New Jersey, Department of Education

Reading First New Jersey - Professional Development
Video-based Reading Strategies and Techniques: The Read Aloud

After Reading the Book
STANDARDS  
See NJDOE Language Arts Literacy standards 3.1.1.A (Concepts About Print) and 3.1.1.E (Reading Strategies). Always check the standards and indicators in order to design meaningful lessons and assessments.
QUESTIONING  
Bloom's Taxonomy in a pyramid format See also links to other Bloom-related pages
Bloom's Taxonomy Stems Ideas for questioning.
COMPREHENSION  

Scaffolding Reading Experiences to Promote Success: A Flexible Approach to Fostering Comprehension by Michael Graves and Bonnie Graves; Research/Practice, CAREI, Volume 3, Number 1 (1995).

Provides a chart for planning and implementation and gives a quick overview of post-reading purposes.
Expert readers have strategies that they use to construct meaning before, during, and after reading from State of the Art, Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning To Read (1993). "...strategies include: inferencing, identifying important information, monitoring, summarizing, and question generating."
RESEARCH  
Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. For more details, see also Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: Reports of the Subgroups.
ORGANIZERS AND MAPS  
Graphic Organizer Makers and Graphic Organizers. A selection of free organizers on the web.