ReadingReadingComprehension Strategies!!Comprehension Strategies!!

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Reading

Writing

Speaking and Listening

Language

When Do I Use the When Do I Use the Strategies?Strategies?

Before Reading

Prior Knowledge

Predicting

Visualizing

Questioning

Making Connections

During Reading

Prior Knowledge

Predicting

Visualizing

Questioning

Making Connections

Summarizing

After Reading

Visualizing

Questioning

Making Connections

Summarizing

Predicting Prompts!Predicting Prompts! What do you think will happen next?What do you think will happen next? Based on what has already happened, I think…Based on what has already happened, I think… After looking at the cover and reading the title, what do you After looking at the cover and reading the title, what do you think this think this book will be about?book will be about? What clues do the pictures provide?What clues do the pictures provide? I predict this because…I predict this because… Was this prediction accurate? Why or why not?Was this prediction accurate? Why or why not? I learned…I learned… I’m wondering…I’m wondering… What would happen if…?What would happen if…?

Visualizing Prompts!Visualizing Prompts!

What picture do you see in your head?What picture do you see in your head?What do you feel, see, smell, hear?What do you feel, see, smell, hear?How do the words or pictures make you feel?How do the words or pictures make you feel?Can you connect the words to your own Can you connect the words to your own

experiences?experiences?Does this text remind you of another text?Does this text remind you of another text?

Making ConnectionsMaking Connections

As readers respond to text, they make As readers respond to text, they make connections. It is these connections to the connections. It is these connections to the

text, to the world, to background text, to the world, to background information, and to experiences that make information, and to experiences that make readers feel like the characters, connect to readers feel like the characters, connect to the story, or remember similar experiences.the story, or remember similar experiences.

Ketch, A. (2005). Ketch, A. (2005). Conversation: The comprehension connection. The Reading Teacher, 59,The Reading Teacher, 59, 8-13.8-13.

Text to SelfText to Self You are connecting the story to your own life,

experiences, and feelings.

• This reminds me of ……• I understand how the character feels because ……• The setting makes me think about another place

…..• I experienced this myself……• The text says _____ this reminds me of ……• If that happened to me …. I would …

Text to TextText to TextYou are connecting the characters, setting, events, and

information from one story to another.

• The character in this story is like the character in …..• The setting in this story is the same as the setting in

……• This event is like the event in ……• These two stories are alike……• The information in this story is similar to the

information I learned in ……..• This book reminds me of ________ because …..

Text to WorldText to World

You are connecting the story to world history and events.

• This happened in real life …..• This is like something I heard on the news….• This happened when …..• This story is similar to….• This reminds me of the real world because ……

Summarizing PromptsSummarizing Prompts What was the text about? What happened in the beginning, middle and end? Who are the characters? Where does the story take

place? What is the problem and solution? What is the author trying to tell me? What is the main idea of the text and the supporting

details? First, Next, Then, Finally What did you learn from this text? (nonfiction) How would you tell someone about what you just

read?

Summary StarSummary Star1

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2 words about how it made you feel

3 words to tell about thesetting

4 words to state the problem

5 words to tell about the conclusion

Somebody, Wanted, Somebody, Wanted, But, SoBut, So

Somebody (Character)

Wanted (what the “somebody wanted)

But (something happened)

So (the result or solution)

Story GloveStory Glove

Directions for Story Directions for Story GloveGlove

Thumb: Thumb: Stick peopleStick people- represents the characters in the story. - represents the characters in the story. Who is this Who is this story mostly about? Who are the characters in this story?story mostly about? Who are the characters in this story?

Index finger: Index finger: HouseHouse – represents the setting of the story. – represents the setting of the story. Where and when did Where and when did the story take place?the story take place?

Middle finger: Middle finger: LockLock – represents the problem in the story. – represents the problem in the story. What is the What is the problem in this story?problem in this story?

Ring finger: Ring finger: KeyKey – represents the solution to the problem in the story. – represents the solution to the problem in the story. How is How is the problem solved in this story?the problem solved in this story?

Pinky finger: Pinky finger: LadderLadder – represents the beginning, middle, and end of the story. – represents the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Front of hand middle of palm: Front of hand middle of palm: Light-bulbLight-bulb – represents the main idea of the – represents the main idea of the story. story. What is this story mostly about? What did the author want you to think What is this story mostly about? What did the author want you to think about?about?

Back of hand in middle: Back of hand in middle: HeartHeart – represents personal connections to the story. – represents personal connections to the story. Does this story remind you of anything that you know about? Does this story Does this story remind you of anything that you know about? Does this story remind you of anything that you have experienced?remind you of anything that you have experienced?

Using Storyline OnlineUsing Storyline Online http://www.storylineonline.net/ http://www.storylineonline.net/

Into the BookInto the Bookhttp://reading.ecb.org/student/index.htmlhttp://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html