Comprehension

What is comprehension?

According to Jennifer Zimmerman,  "Reading comprehension is essentially the ability to understand what has been read. There is little point in being able to pronounce the words on a page if the words mean nothing to you. You can probably read "Sniptops are finbuggle" because you can decode the sounds in the words, but you can't comprehend it because two of the words are nonsense. People with good reading comprehension use several strategies that help them understand the text."

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Here are a few ideas I have found that will be helpful

when teaching skills for comprehension.

Good anchor chart for Nonfiction texts

http://messyjofu.blogspot.com.au/ 

Reading Comprehension Activity Pack

http://www.theteacherwife.blogspot.com/

There were several good pieces of information that were given out and discussed in my course this summer.  I will post a few that I find most helpful here.

This graphic organizer is based around the 'MOST IMPORTANT WORD'.

They have to complete it from the clues found in a story.

 These are a list of comprehension strategies 

that good readers use when they read.

 

This is a list of Think Aloud Strategies and Prompts

to use to help with student comprehension

  Another example of a Think Aloud Strategy

A Reading Level Correlation Chart

It will be useful in helping to determine

a student's reading level.

These are Teacher Prompts to use with different types of texts.

They are divided into categories useful for a teacher.

Within the text

Beyond the text

 About the Text

These are some Literary Response Questions

for Writing Response on parts of a book

 Non-fiction Questions

Student Reading Log for Independent Reading

Reading Conference Form for Teacher Use

List of Wordless Books

This will be useful to have students look at,

then write the words to the story themselves.

All of the handouts above were provided to us

in our REED 530 course this summer.