12 Comprehension Strategies
Readers focus on big ideas so they don't become overwhelmed with details.
Determining Importance
I had a bad morning and have brought that into the classroom with me. This is an example of how a teacher's _________ affects motivation.
Attitude
In these books, words representing each letter are explained in paragraph-long entries.
Alphabet Books
Students can sequence story events, explore characters or settings, reread dialogue, and locate examples of other narrative devices through...
Story Boards
What is the course code for this class?
ED403
Readers use background knowledge to fill in gaps.
Activating background knowledge.
Students are engaged in authentic activities
Instruction
Almanacs, dictionaries, and atlases are examples of these
Reference Books
Students retell stories, often using puppets, story boards, or collections of objects related to the story is what?
Story Retelling
What Famous Character speaks for the trees?
The Lorax
Readers move beyond literal thinking to grasp meaning.
Drawing inferences
Providing a stamp on a student's completed work is an example of...
Rewards
What are the genres within the Folklore category?
Fables, folktales, myths, legends
When students do a ___________ analysis, they examine a big idea in a thematic unit and apply what they know about nonfiction, especially expository text structures
semantic feature
What letter comes after Q?
R
Readers reflect on their own understanding is an example of...
Evaluating
Tensions are high in class because Timmy killed the class goldfish! This tension could have negative impacts on which factor?
Community
Modern literature and science fiction are part of which genre?
Fantasy
________ is a way of examining comprehension to determine the cognitive demands of books or, more specifically, how well readers can complete an assigned task with a particular text
Text Complexity
Pizza is to breadsticks as a hamburger is to...
French fries
Scanning comprehension questions prior to reading a text is an example of...
Setting a purpose
I forgot my materials at home because I have been stressed recently. I get to class and have the students do a worksheet as a replacement because I honestly don't feel like figuring something else out. This is affecting which two factors?
Attitude & Instruction
Students beginning each line or stanza with a color word is an example of which poetic form?
Color Poems
Teachers make informed judgments about a book’s grade appropriateness by examining its layout; its text structure, language features, and purpose and meaning; and the demands it places on readers’ background knowledge.
Qualitative Dimensions
Explain the phospholipid bilayer. Bonus if you can draw it
a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules