Definition: Reading Comprehension includes a variety of skills that can be practiced within the context of authentic literature. Some reading skills and strategies you may wish to target:
- previewing
- predicting
- establishing a purpose for reading
- skimming
- scanning
- sequencing
- reading for details
- establishing and adjusting purposes for reading
- posing personally relevant questions about text before and during the process
- organizing thinking using a graphic organizer
- determining vocabulary meaning using context clues
- determining vocabulary meaning using prefixes and suffixes
- determining vocabulary meaning using Latin and Greek roots
- determining vocabulary meaning using reference sources
- recognizing parts of speech
- identifying sentence types
- drawing conclusions
- comparing and contrasting
- making inferences
- adjusting reading rate according to purpose for reading
- summarizing
- choosing an appropriate organizer for a given reading task
- analyzing the author's voice
- distinguishing between fact and fantasy
- distinguishing between fact and opinion
- determining cause and effect
- determining character motive
- identifying, describing, and applying literary devices
- recognizing structure of different texts as an aid in comprehension
- identifying literary motifs
- identifying the critical attributes of a given genre in the novel being read
- demonstrating oral presentation skills
- demonstrating critical listening and viewing skills
- extending and reflecting upon reading.
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Boys are typically a tougher audience for reading' this post offers ten categories of books (and individual suggestions as well) of books that boys seem to love.
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Eight essential reading comprehension strategies and how to teach them. Includes lesson plans, printables, and even videos.
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Books which help students transition from picture books and easy readers to chapter books.
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Doing What Works is a government site with some excellent resources; check out my briefing here. |
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Thinkport features a nice tutorial aimed at teachers wishing to improve their teaching of reading comprehension.
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Several great sites for letting students practice reading comprehension skills online.
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FCAT Resource Pages provide well-explained tutorials and short practices for students in over a dozen skills. I've archives the links here, since I've been unable to find them organized and clearly labeled anywhere else.
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Twenty leading strategies, broken down step-by-step. |
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These stories, read aloud from the site, feature online text, images, and a human being signing the story. The combination of these four elements (voice, text, image, signing) can greatly aid ELLs in building both comprehension and fluency. You may wish to read the site's own statement on using the stories with English Language Learners.
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Better known than Signed Stories, StoryLine Online features famous actors and actresses reading aloud from favorite picture books. Again, great for comprehension and fluency (very emotive readings!) Related activities are available for each story. |
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