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Comprehension Reading Strategies with Picture Books

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Teaching comprehension reading strategies is a GREAT way to help learners make meaning of text. Comprehension can be a more abstract activity, requiring lots of skill sets at once. It is helpful, especially for struggling readers, to separate the comprehension skills and break them down into meaningful steps.

Need more comprehension help? You may also be interested in our Reading Comprehension Strategies Series.

Teaching Comprehension Reading Strategies with Picture Books - This Reading Mama

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Picture Books for Teaching Comprehension Reading Strategies

When we teach comprehension reading strategies, we want to apply them to real reading. When paired carefully, picture books make the perfect venue for doing this, even with older readers.

Applying the strategies we’re teaching with our learners provides guided practice, which can help them see the value of the strategies. Guiding them as we apply the skills with real books also helps them to think about reading strategies in a more flexible way, empowering them to transfer the strategies with the books they are reading independently.

 

Modeling Comprehension Strategies Book List - This Reading Mama

If you’re in search of some picture books that fit each comprehension strategy, I’ve got you covered! You’ll find my most recommended books for modeling comprehension strategies.

 

Printable Comprehension Book Lists - This Reading Mama

At the request of readers, I’ve made them into printable comprehension book lists that you can take along with you on your trips to the library or the bookstore.

 

Teaching Comprehension Reading Strategies Series

In this series, The Measured Mom and I will be modeling reading strategies, specifically applying them to picture books each week. Below are the topics we will be covering in this series. As links go live, they will be added below, too!

  • Setting a Purpose for Reading {This Reading Mama}
  • Activating Prior Knowledge {find it at The Measured Mom}
  • Making Connections {This Reading Mama}
  • Predicting {The Measured Mom}
  • Making Inferences {This Reading Mama}
  • Visualizing {The Measured Mom}
  • Asking Questions {This Reading Mama}
  • Determining Importance {The Measured Mom}
  • Summarizing with Nonfiction Books {This Reading Mama}
  • Synthesizing {The Measured Mom}

 

 

We have LOTS of Comprehension Printables and Tips,
including help with nonfiction!

Hover over each image to see the title, and click on the link icon.

  • How to Ask Questions to Check Comprehension
  • 5 Days of Teaching Text Structure to Readers
  • Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies {Fix-Up Strategies}
  • Reading Comprehension Strategies {a 10-Week Series}
  • Comprehension Strategies Printable Pack {Subscriber Freebie}
  • Comprehension Questions: Moving Beyond "Right There" Questions
  • Checking Comprehension in K-2

 

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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