Comprehension Strategies
*Activate your background knowledge.
*Read the title and look through the book.
*Think of what you already KNOW!
*Make connections!
*Connect:
text-to-self text-to-text
text-to-world
*Visualize as you read!
*Put pictures in your head as you read.
*See and think about the story like a movie in your head.
*Monitor and fix-up comprehension!
*Think when you read so you know when you don’t understand. (Know when you don’t know. )
*Use fix-up strategies when you don’t understand. (Meaning clues, word clues, picture clues).
*If you’re still stuck, mark the page and ask for help.
*Cross-check: Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
*Ask questions before, during, and after.
*Ask questions as you read!
*Who? What? Where? Why?
*Look for answers while you read.
*Dig and determine the facts.
*Dig for important details & ideas.
*Dig for information that tells you the author's purpose.
*Infer as you read!
*Make predictions.
*Draw conclusions as you put information together.
*Synthesize and Retell!
*Put the information together and think about what you read.
*Retell the story or what you learned in your own words.
*Reflect while you read.
*Think about what you learned or enjoyed.
*Evaluate what you read.
S.Tegen 2012, Adapted from: File © Christina Bainbridge, from www.bainbridgeclass.com -- Original idea not created by Christina Bainbrid
*Read the title and look through the book.
*Think of what you already KNOW!
*Make connections!
*Connect:
text-to-self text-to-text
text-to-world
*Visualize as you read!
*Put pictures in your head as you read.
*See and think about the story like a movie in your head.
*Monitor and fix-up comprehension!
*Think when you read so you know when you don’t understand. (Know when you don’t know. )
*Use fix-up strategies when you don’t understand. (Meaning clues, word clues, picture clues).
*If you’re still stuck, mark the page and ask for help.
*Cross-check: Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
*Ask questions before, during, and after.
*Ask questions as you read!
*Who? What? Where? Why?
*Look for answers while you read.
*Dig and determine the facts.
*Dig for important details & ideas.
*Dig for information that tells you the author's purpose.
*Infer as you read!
*Make predictions.
*Draw conclusions as you put information together.
*Synthesize and Retell!
*Put the information together and think about what you read.
*Retell the story or what you learned in your own words.
*Reflect while you read.
*Think about what you learned or enjoyed.
*Evaluate what you read.
S.Tegen 2012, Adapted from: File © Christina Bainbridge, from www.bainbridgeclass.com -- Original idea not created by Christina Bainbrid