Comprehension
What is comprehension?
Reading comprehension is understanding a text that is read, or the process of "constructing meaning" from a text. Comprehension is a "construction process" because it involves all of the elements of the reading process working together as a text is read to create a representation of the text in the reader's mind.
What are comprehension strategies?
Comprehension strategies are conscious plans or sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text.
Commonly taught strategies include making inferences/predictions, summarizing, self-monitoring and clarification, visualization, schema connections, and question generation.
Why is comprehension strategies instruction important?
Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension.
How do I teach comprehension strategies?
Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)
In the Book/In My Head
Posters & Every Pupil Response
Self-Monitoring
Making Connections
Inferring and Predicting
Determining Importance
Questioning
Compare/Contrast
Synthesis/Summarization
Retell
Fact/Opinion
Building Background Lessons
How do I assess comprehension ?
(Be sure and check out my student links)
Reading comprehension is understanding a text that is read, or the process of "constructing meaning" from a text. Comprehension is a "construction process" because it involves all of the elements of the reading process working together as a text is read to create a representation of the text in the reader's mind.
What are comprehension strategies?
Comprehension strategies are conscious plans or sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text.
Commonly taught strategies include making inferences/predictions, summarizing, self-monitoring and clarification, visualization, schema connections, and question generation.
Why is comprehension strategies instruction important?
Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension.
How do I teach comprehension strategies?
Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)
In the Book/In My Head
Posters & Every Pupil Response
Self-Monitoring
Making Connections
Inferring and Predicting
Determining Importance
Questioning
Compare/Contrast
Synthesis/Summarization
Retell
Fact/Opinion
Building Background Lessons
How do I assess comprehension ?
- daiily read alouds
- fluency timings
(Be sure and check out my student links)