Comprehension

Use Your Strategies
(Sung to Skip to My Lou)

Think, think about the story,
Think, think about the story,
Think, think about the story,
Use your strategies!

Check, check, check the picture,
Check, check, check the picture,
Check, check, check the picture,
Use your strategies!

Get your mouth ready,
Get your mouth ready,
Get your mouth ready,
Use your strategies!

Look, look, look for chunks,
Look, look, look for chunks,
Look, look, look for chunks,
Use your strategies!

Reading is an active process requiring us to make meaning along the way. One of the most difficult strategies for students is making inferences and drawing conclusions because it isn't explicitly stated in the text. Below you will find resources to help students learn to infer so they can combine the information that the author has written with that of their own experiences to gain a deeper understanding of the author's message.

Strategies for Teaching Inferences

Comprehension Arrows
These arrows can be used during independent reading or guided reading as students encounter text. The colored arrows that you buy at Walmart can be used to mark specific places in the book where they utilized a reading strategy.

just testing if I got this on right

Expository text is often the hardest for students to read.

Hello everybody.  This is my pretend chart.

Comprehension is the reason for reading. Comprehending what is read means that the child understands what he or she has read and is able to communicate it to others.

Strategies for Teaching Inferences