Comprehension Reading Strategies with Picture Books

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.

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**Note: The Measured Mom {Reach All Readers} has removed her posts from this series, but mine are all still up.

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.

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.

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
• Making Connections {This Reading Mama}
• Predicting
• Making Inferences {This Reading Mama}
• Visualizing
• Asking Questions {This Reading Mama}
• Determining Importance
• Summarizing with Nonfiction Books {This Reading Mama}
• Synthesizing

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky