Comprehension
Comprehension is the ability to understand what one is reading. Comprehension is more than just reading (or decoding) the words aloud. It is remembering and communicating what is read.
There are specific researched-based comprehension strategies that students can learn that will help them understand and retain what they read. Students also become more independent and resourceful readers.
A "strategy" is an intentional mental action during reading that improves reading comprehension. It is a deliberate effort by the reader to better understand or remember what is being read.
There are specific researched-based comprehension strategies that students can learn that will help them understand and retain what they read. Students also become more independent and resourceful readers.
A "strategy" is an intentional mental action during reading that improves reading comprehension. It is a deliberate effort by the reader to better understand or remember what is being read.
The comprehension strategies are:
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Resource:
[Shanahan, T., Callison, K., Carriere, C., Duke, N.K., Pearson, P.D., Schatschneider, C., & Torgesen, J. (2010). Improving reading comprehension in kindergarten through 3rd grade: A practice guide (NCEE 2010-4038). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from whatworks.ed.gov/publications/practice guides.]
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- Activating prior knowledge and Predicting - Students think about what they already know and use that knowledge in conjunction with other clues to make meaning from what they read or to predict what will happen next. It is assumed the student will continue to read to see if their predictions are correct.
- Questioning - Students develop and attempt to answer questions about the important ideas in the text while reading, using words such as where or why to develop their questions.
- Visualizing - Students develop a mental image of what is described in the text.
- Monitoring, Clarifying and Fix Up - Students pay attention to whether they understand what they are reading, and when they do not, they reread or use strategies that will help them understand what they have read.
- Drawing Inferences - Students generate information that is important to make meaning but that is missing from, or not explicitly stated in the text.
- Summarizing/Retelling - Students briefly describe, orally or in writing, the main points of what they read.
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Resource:
[Shanahan, T., Callison, K., Carriere, C., Duke, N.K., Pearson, P.D., Schatschneider, C., & Torgesen, J. (2010). Improving reading comprehension in kindergarten through 3rd grade: A practice guide (NCEE 2010-4038). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from whatworks.ed.gov/publications/practice guides.]
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Below are links to resources that will help you teach comprehension strategies to your child at home: