Comprehension Strategies

Pre-reading strategies help us

• Understand (or comprehend) what we read

• Read better (fluency)

• Pay attention to the teacher

• With our listening skills

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

During reading, to help us understand what we're reading we can

• Reflect and check our understanding after each paragraph

• Read the whole paragraph again

• Preview the title

• Study the vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

After Reading Strategies include:

• Connecting the story to real life or another story you have read.

• Previewing the title

• Skimming and scanning

• Reflecting after each paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

What is the prediction strategy?

• Thinking about your thinking.  Being aware of how you are reading and how you are using reading strategies.

• Guessing what is going to happen based on evidence

• a piece of information from a text that we use to support our ideas, beliefs, opinions, and arguments

• Something in the book reminds you of another book you have read

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.4B

What questions do you ask during reading? (There are two answers.)

• How will character(s) respond to a problem?

• Where will the events take place?

• Who might help character(s) solve the problem?

• Which predictions were correct?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Which question do you NOT ask after reading?

• What will the book be about?

• Which predictions were correct?

• Which predictions were incorrect?

• Why were the predictions incorrect?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What must you use to make predictions?

• Your 5 senses (see, hear, smell, feel, taste)

• The solution or 

          ending

• Text evidence

• Introduction to the problem in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is text evidence?

•  Thinking about your thinking.  Being aware of how you are reading and how you are using reading strategies.

• Guessing what is going to happen based on evidence

• a piece of information from a text that we use to support our ideas, beliefs, opinions, and arguments

• Seeing the characters, setting, and events play in your head as you read a story; a mind movie

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

Explain metacognition.

• Thinking about your thinking.  Being aware of how you are reading and how you are using reading strategies.

• Guessing what is going to happen based on evidence

• a piece of information from a text that we use to support our ideas, beliefs, opinions, and arguments

• Events, situations, characters, or settings a book that you have experienced personally; it reminds you of something in your own life

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

Which question do you NOT ask before reading?

• What will the book be about?

• Who will the main characters be?

• What big events will happen in the story?

• How will character(s) respond to a problem?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1