Questions can be related to the text type ~ narrative, expository, technical, persuasive, or text structure ~ sequence, problem/solution, cause/effect, descriptive, compare/contrast.Thick questions deepen my comprehension, and thin questions can be found in the text.What happened? Why did it happen? Think about cause and effect.Questions start with who, what, where, when, why, how, would, could, should, do, does, and did.There are 3 types of questions ~ Predicting Questions move me forward, Monitor Questions pull me back, and Thinking Questions makes me infer.Which questions were answered? Which had to be inferred? Create an “I Wonder” chart before, during, and after the story.My “after the book has been read” questions are the most thought-provoking. Before I read and as I read, many of my questions are predictions.Start by using a wordless book ~ what questions do I have?.I reread if you cannot state who/what the paragraph is about. To coincide with the Reading CAFE, I ask myself who/what after each paragraph to monitor my reading.Just go outside ~ what questions do I have about nature? What questions do I have about a painting or illustration?.Hearing other people’s questions inspires more of my questions.I need to ask more questions if I don’t have the background knowledge.When I use the strategies: Is my prediction good, or do I need to change it? What am I visualizing? Do I need to change my mental image? What’s happened so far? Does this remind me of anything?.Before, during, and after reading, I look at the cover and title and begin asking.To stay actively involved in the reading.To clarify, wonder, determine the author’s style or intent, better understand when the reading gets confusing, monitor my reading, synthesize new information, and determine the importance.Answers to my questions when they are not directly statedįun Inferring Practice! Read these sentences, and have a discussion about the character, setting, and draw conclusions.Įveryone stopped when the referee blew the whistle.
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I use my prior knowledge plus the text clues to draw conclusions.Some of my questions are answered in the text others are not and must be inferred. When the author doesn’t answer my questions, I must infer by saying: Maybe., I think., It could be., It’s because., Perhaps., It means that., I’m guessing.In life, I infer with my 5 senses ~ What is making that noise? What is cooking? How is that person feeling? What is this sharp object? What does a cake with candles on it mean?.To determine the meanings of unknown words.To draw conclusions, make predictions, and reflect on my reading.Authors describe characters’ feelings, events, setting.Always ask, “How does this connection help me understand the text?”.Use a double-entry journal ~ one side is for key events, ideas, words, quote, or content.On nonfiction (T-W), make a KWL chart.Activate prior knowledge before, during, and after reading.Connect to the theme or main idea of the text.What connections helped to understand the story, which didn’t? T-W on nonfiction ~ open our mental files and make connections between what we know about the world and the new information.Language ~ the writer’s language reminds me of. Theme ~ this book had the same lesson as. Structure ~ this story has a literary device (like a flashback) like. Setting ~ _ took place at the same location as Illustrator ~ I recognize these pictures by. Genre~ this is a “mystery” (etc.) like the Cam Jansen series Ĭontent ~ I’ve read another book on this topic Make connections when I’m figuring out unknown words!.Everyone has a different schema and experiences, which can be shared to help me understand more. T-S means more to me because it reminds me of my own life.To better predict and understand the text because of what I already know ~ how the characters feel, what may happen based on another text.Reading is thinking! Good readers make connections between text to self, text to text, and text to the world.Think about the title look at the cover and pictures.Predict, infer, make connections, ask questions, and summarize.Make substitutions, and use picture clues. Reread all around the word or area in question.Reading Comprehension Strategies Teachers – see also Reading Strategy Objectives and Mentor Texts for Reading Strategies!Ĭomprehension Questions for Leveled Texts VectorStock Images $10 for the Reading Comprehension Strategies document. No donations from my school, please! I am here to help you! 🙂
Types of Assessments, Goal Writing, Accommodations.Close Reading / Complex Texts / Test Taking.Best Practices for Comprehension, Decoding, & Fluency.
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