Checking comprehension isn't always as neat and easy as checking to see if a learner knows their math facts. The way one person processes a text can be be different than another person. And the way that same person processes one kind of text will look different when they read another type of text. Checking comprehension is as clear as mud now, right? *This post contains affiliate links. **Download the free comprehension cheat sheet towards the end of this post. What is Comprehension? Simply put, comprehension is understanding. It's making meaning of and processing the words ... Continue Reading
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Helping Readers Remember What They Read
Have you ever had your child answer, "I don't know," when you asked a question about what (s)he just read? Sometimes, "I don't know," is just a ploy to get out of answering the question. Other times, readers lack the comprehension strategies they need to figure out the answer. This is especially true of struggling readers. As a part of our Quick Tips for Struggling Readers, The Measured Mom is sharing some easy tips for helping your reader remember what he reads. Check out all the comprehension resources here! Check out all the posts in our ... Continue Reading
Ready to Go Guided Reading Lesson Plans and Activities
*I received a free online access from SNAP! Learning and was compensated for my time. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. As a classroom teacher years ago, one of my biggest chunks of planning time was mapping out my guided reading lesson plans and activities. Getting my guided reading lesson plans ready involved finding appropriate reading texts for each of my reading groups, reading the books beforehand {or at least skimming them if they were longer}, planning different phonics or comprehension mini-lessons to go with the books, and organizing activities that the students ... Continue Reading
Modeling and Teaching Fluent Reading
Teachers and parents alike know that fluency is an important part of reading. Fluency is very closely correlated with comprehension, the reason we read in the first place...to make meaning. But what exactly is fluency and how can we model and teach fluent reading? That's what I'd like to explore a little bit today. *This post contains affiliate links. Fluency includes things such as: word recognition which is directly related to words per minute (reading rate) inflection of the voice (expression) phrasing (stopping at periods, pausing at commas, etc.) My definition for young ... Continue Reading
Fiction Text Structure: Read, Write, and Retell It
{photo credit} So far, I've taken my student(s) through these steps in this mini-series on fiction text structure: (this is told as if I only did this with one student, but was done with several of my reading tutees): 1- READ AND IDENTIFY/LABEL IT, 2- READ, SORT, and WRITE IT. Click on the picture above to view these posts. READ AND RETELL with Text Structure Now, it's time to take it a step further: READ, WRITE, AND RETELL. Could my tutee use the information she gleaned from the text structure chart to help her retell the story? I thought she was ready! 1. As a different way to ... Continue Reading