The aim of the present study was to describe how teachers do when teaching primary school children in reading comprehension and how they motivate children to read and promote their interest in reading. Four primary school teachers were interviewed about the methods that they use in their teaching. The study also presents the teachers views on the methods and resources available for them and whether they use different methods when teaching children with reading difficulties. The study also used observations of the teachers at work. The results showed that the teachers worked in a similar way when teaching reading. They worked on children's vocabulary and showed them ways how to ask questions about the contents of the text in beforehand and during reading. The teachers also agreed on the methods that should be used when teaching children with reading difficulties. All the teachers pointed out that their teacher education did not provide them with skills needed to teach reading comprehension. All the teachers were, however, satisfied with the methods and resources that their schools were offering.

Flera internationella kunskapsmätningar i följd har visat på att svenska elevers läsförståelse av faktatexter har blivit sämre. Debattörer och forskare har skapat en debatt om hur undervisningen bör gå till för att förändra den nedåtgående trenden. Även i skolans styrdokument kan debatten skönjas och lgr11 framhåller att samtliga lärare ska arbeta språkutvecklande oavsett ämne för att stödja elevers läsförståelse. Jag har av den anledningen undersökt hur lärare stöttar elevers förståelse av faktatexter i årskurs 4-6 vilket jag har gjort med kvalitativa forskningsmetoder. Jag har intervjuat fem lärare som undervisar i svenska och minst ett av orienteringsämnena där eleverna möter faktatexter naturligt. För att stärka resultatets validitet och reliabilitet har jag observerat samtliga lärares undervisning vid behandlandet av en faktatext. Observationerna ägde rum vid två SO- och två NO-lektioner samt vid en lektion i svenska. Jag har kommit fram till att informanternas undervisning inte lämnar eleverna ensamma med faktatexter då de bearbetas tillsammans i klassrummet och olika lässtrategier används i undervisningen. Dock modellerar lärarna inte. Lärarna påtalar heller inte för eleverna att de i undervisningen använder sig av strategier för att skapa sig förståelse samt att det är strategier som eleverna själva kan använda sig av när de läser på egen hand. Därmed har jag kommit fram till att mina informanter inte aktivt stöttar elevers läsförståelse av faktatexter. / Several international knowledge measurements in succession have shown that Swedish students' reading comprehension of factual texts has become worse. Debaters and researchers have created a debate on how education should be done to change the downward trend. Even in the school's governing documents, the debate can be considered and lgr11 emphasizes that all teachers should work on language development regardless of subject to support students' reading comprehension. For this reason, I have investigated how teachers support students' understanding of factual texts in grades 4-6, which I have done with qualitative research methods. I have interviewed five teachers who teach Swedish and at least one of the science topics where students meet factual texts naturally. In order to strengthen the validity and reliability of the results, I have observed all teachers' teaching in the processing of a factual text. The observations took place at two social science and two natural science lessons and at a lesson in Swedish. I have come to the conclusion that the education of the informants does not leave the students alone with factual texts when they are processed together in the classroom and different reading strategies are used in the teaching. However, the teachers do not model or argue to the students that in the teaching they use strategies to create understanding of the content and that there are strategies that the students themselves can use when reading on their own. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that my informants do not actively support students' reading comprehension of factual texts.