Reading comprehension take 2!
This was from my last post on reading comprehension. I am moving it here so it will go along with the continued information I plan to post regarding comprehension strategies you can use at home.
Determining importance= I understand the main ideas of the text and the author’s message.
- What it sounds like…
- The text was mostly about…
- The author is trying to tell us that…*
- I learned…
- The important details were…*
Most of our reading at home tends to be narrative. The two I put a * next to are great follow up statements to talk through with your child. They may have a hard time with this at first. You can model it for them!
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Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension is an important part of reading. We want our children to be readers not “word callers”! Over the next few school days I will be including things you can talk with your child about during reading to help expand their comprehension beyond the “who” and “what” the story is about.
Making Connections= I use what I know to understand what I read.
What it sounds like…
- It reminds me of when I read… because…
- It reminds me of a time I… because…
- It reminds me of something I heard about because…
This comprehension technique helps the reader have a deeper understanding about the characters or ideas they read because they have related it to a life experience, be it something else they read of something they have first hand knowledge about.