READING COMPREHENSION
Reading comprehension is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows.
Reading Repulsion: Why Don't My Students Read?
disinterest
lack of accountability
fear
unattractive font, page layout, paragraph formation
READ-ALOUDS
Read-Alouds create ways to make difficult texts accessible and allow teachers to demonstrate the processes they use to comprehend texts.
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Teachers should:
make good text selections
preview and practice the text
establish purpose for listening
model fluent reading
read with animation and expression
facilitate discussion of text
ANTICIPATION GUIDES
Anticipation Guides are designed to increase understanding by encouraging students to make predictions and then check their understanding.
Provide students with targeted, debatable statements that require more than a simple agree or disagree response. Prompt them to consider why they agree or disagree?Â
Reflect back on the statements post-reading.