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Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension Upon completion of this section, you will: Understand the components of reading comprehension Receive ideas for making the text personally relevant Learn how to teach active engagement with the text Obtain extension activities for all learning styles Traditionally, reading comprehension was narrowly thought to encompass answering multiple-choice questions after reading a story or passage. While this may be one form of reading comprehension, it is not comprehensive and does not take into account the stages of reading comprehension, requirements for understanding different genres of text, or understanding text when read silent versus orally. Comprehension of Fiction video by The Jerry L. Paula, an eighth grade student with dyslexia, cannot manage to answer multiple choice questions unless they are read aloud to her. We have written this so that you can share the information directly with your students. Before You Read Pick a book To become a reader, you have to be able to pick a book. Preview

Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension 1. Monitoring comprehension Students who are good at monitoring their comprehension know when they understand what they read and when they do not. They have strategies to "fix" problems in their understanding as the problems arise. Comprehension monitoring instruction teaches students to: Be aware of what they do understand Identify what they do not understand Use appropriate strategies to resolve problems in comprehension 2. Metacognition can be defined as "thinking about thinking." Students may use several comprehension monitoring strategies: Identify where the difficulty occurs "I don't understand the second paragraph on page 76." 3. Graphic organizers illustrate concepts and relationships between concepts in a text or using diagrams. Regardless of the label, graphic organizers can help readers focus on concepts and how they are related to other concepts. Graphic organizers can: Here are some examples of graphic organizers: 4. Questions can be effective because they: 5. 6. 7.

Activities to Support Reading Comphrension Ideas suggested here fall into the Bloom's Taxonomy of questions and can be used with picture books, short stories, novels or individualized reading for students of all ages. Many ideas do not involve written answers which work best with students with learning difficulties. The activities listed promote comprehension. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. It may be worthwhile to put these activities on cards and let students select which activity they will do. Comprehension Strategies Reading comprehension refers to the students' ability to read and understand information presented in written form. Reading is not a passive activity. Good readers interact with text, making and validating predictions, creating questions about the characters, main idea or plot, monitoring their own understanding of the text, clarifying the confusing parts, and connecting text events to their own prior knowledge and experiences. Think Aloud Reciprocal Teaching Teacher Read Aloud Cloze Procedure Literature Circles Keys to Comprehension On the Web: Reading Comprehension Strategies A New Way to Teach Reading Comprehension Early Literacy Reading Resources Intel Teach Program: Strategy Bookmarks Teach 21 Home

Jigsaw AdLit.org. (2008). Jigsaw. Aronson, E. (2000-2008). Aronson, E., & Goode, E. (1980). Aronson, E., & Patnoe, S. (1997). Clarke, J. (1994). Colorín Colorado. (2007). Muskingum College, Center for Advancement and Learning (CAL). Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension 1. Monitoring comprehension Students who are good at monitoring their comprehension know when they understand what they read and when they do not. They have strategies to "fix" problems in their understanding as the problems arise. Research shows that instruction, even in the early grades, can help students become better at monitoring their comprehension. Comprehension monitoring instruction teaches students to: Be aware of what they do understandIdentify what they do not understandUse appropriate strategies to resolve problems in comprehension 2. Metacognition can be defined as "thinking about thinking." Students may use several comprehension monitoring strategies: Identify where the difficulty occurs"I don't understand the second paragraph on page 76." 3. Graphic organizers illustrate concepts and relationships between concepts in a text or using diagrams. Regardless of the label, graphic organizers can help readers focus on concepts and how they are related to other concepts. 4. 5. 6.

Reading Games – Free Online Reading Comprehension Games for Kids Reading games for kids are a great help for parents and teachers who are looking for fun ways to develop healthy reading habits in children. The virtual world here at JumpStart has a fun collection of games to encourage reading in kids. Play them now! Online Reading Games Mobile Reading Games JumpStart Pet Rescue Teach preschoolers and kindergartners fundamental skills such as reading, listening, critical thinking and more with JumpStart Pet Rescue, an educational app loaded with fun! Madagascar: My ABCs Master the ABCs with your favorite Madagascar characters – Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria! Online Reading Games are Beneficial for Kids For kids to develop good reading habits at an early age is extremely important. Educational reading games are useful learning tools for kids of all ages. Reading Games for Preschoolers The first step to reading is visual discrimination. Reading Games for 4 – 8 Year Olds Looking for a good reading game for kindergarten? Reading Games for 8 – 10 Year Olds

Strategies for Reading Comprehension Strategies for reading comprehension are conscious plans — sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Explicit instruction in comprehension strategies help students become purposeful, active readers. We love the strategies for reading comprehension that Tanny McGregor and other top authors offer us to help children understand what they read. Reading Process Poster Template By enlarging the following template and laminating, you can write (with a dry-erase marker) important reading processes and applications for children to discuss and understand during and after a piece of literature is read. READ-O As mentioned on the Reading Fluency Activities Page, students are encouraged to read each night at home with their families and keep track of the books they read. Students are given a paper clip to add to our Reading Web for each book they read.

Free Reading Comprehension Worksheets - Printable Free reading comprehension worksheets for grades 1-5 Use these free, printable worksheets to practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. Each reading passage is followed by exercises which for younger students focus on recalling information directly from the text and for older students focus on prediction, inference and character traits. Choose your grade: First Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets Second Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets Third Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets Fifth Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets Our worksheets complement our K5 Reading and K5 Spelling programs. Preschool, kindergarten, math & language arts worksheets Our free, printable Preschool and Kindergarten Worksheets help younger kids learn their letters, numbers, shapes, colors and other basic skills.

Pearson Prentice Hall: eTeach: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension by Patricia Babbitt Introduction Most Effective Strategies Practical Applications of Reading Strategies Summary Resources Remember the adventures that lived and breathed between the pages of a really good book when, as a young reader, you slipped away undiscovered into your own magical world? My favorite works were Charlotte's Web, Arabian Nights, Huckleberry Finn, Arthurian Legends, and, later, the timeless tragedy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. It is no surprise that many of us who loved such adventures grew up to become today's English teachers and writers. But surprise need not lead to a permanent state of frustration. Theoretically speaking, if the daily reading curriculum uses research-proven methods, students should develop skills for comprehending the text. Comprehension monitoring Cooperative learning Graphic organizers Story structure Question answering Question generating Summarization Multiple Strategy Comprehension monitoring Cooperative learning Question answering Summarizing