Comprehension

What should you do when you are reading?

bullet Make connections.  Ask questions.  Underline or make notations. Make sense of what the writer is saying.
bullet Another thing to do is to make mental pictures of what is being said, like making your own motion picture.

 

Checklist for Determining Comprehension

bullet Follow the author’s ideas.
bullet Analyze the relevancy of facts.
bullet Question the accuracy of the statements
bullet  Be aware of an author’s bias
bullet Understand what the writer says
bullet Follow text organization
bullet Solve problem by reading
bullet  Be aware of different purposes for reading
bullet Make predictions
bullet Take risks
bullet Synthesize information to come up with new information

How do you increase comprehension?

bullet Preview
bullet Build schema
bullet Demonstrate the process
bullet Support students through the process
bullet Create strategy awareness
bullet Use think-alouds
bullet Use reading strategies to build students repertoire of strategies

 

What does teaching comprehension mean?

Comprehension instruction refers to:

bullet Helping,
bullet Assisting,
bullet Defining,
bullet Demonstrating,
bullet Modeling,
bullet Describing,
bullet Explaining, or
bullet Guiding student’s’ efforts to construct meaning from text larger than a single word.

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