1. The following comprehension strategy posters are formatted to 11”x17” paper to be printed and then drawn in front of students as a pictorial for brain imprinting.

2. 4 P’s Purpose Preview Prior Knowledge Predict
Did the author write this to entertain, inform, or persuade me?
What can I learn from the pictures and charts?
Is this a story, an informational article, or a persuasive text?
Thinking about a book before I read helps me to understand!
Am I reading this for fun or information?
What do I already know that will help me?
I can make a picture in my head to help me understand!
Prior Knowledge
Predict
September~ 4 P’s

3. Monitor Comprehension Using Fix-Up Strategies
I can stop and re-read.
I can stop and re-read.
I can read on and then re-read.
I can use sounds I know to decode.
I can think about the meaning.
When I am not understanding what I read, I need to stop and think!
October~ Monitor Comprehension, Use Fix-Up Strategies

4. Determining Importance
What are the most
important details?
Now
I understand
the main ideas of
the author’s
message!
What is this
text mostly
about?
Do I know the difference between what is important and what is interesting?
November~ Determine Importance

5. Making Connections Self Text to to Text
It reminds me of the time I…because…
It reminds me of when I read…because… to to
Text
December~ text to self and text to text

6. Infer I need to infer when the author doesn’t answer my questions.
Maybe…
I wonder…
Based on the clues from the text, I think___.
Could …
Because I know ___ I think___.
January~ Infer

7. Making Connections Self Text to to Text
It reminds me of the time I…because…
It reminds me of when I read…because… to to
Text
It reminds me of earlier in the story when…because…
February~ Revisit text to self and text to text Add~ within texts

8. Ask Questions ? What is going to happen next? What does this mean?
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
What is going to happen next?
What does this mean?
Why did the author write this part?”
Why did ____ happen?
When I ask questions it helps me understand what I read!
March~ Ask Questions

9. Making Connections Self Text World to to to Text
It reminds me of something I heard about because…..
Self
Text
World
It reminds me of the time I…because…
It reminds me of when I read…because… to to to
Text
It reminds me of earlier in the story when…because…
April~ Revisit text to self, text to text, and within texts Add~ text to world

10. Visualize I can make a movie in my mind to help me understand!
I can make a picture in my head to help me understand!
When I visualize it helps me understand what I read!
May~ Visualize