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Comprehension Grades K-2 Presented by: Sandra Harvey and Pamela Charity Reading Specialists My Child Can Read All The Words: Now What? April 3, 2014
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What Is Comprehension? Comprehension is being able to understand and discuss what is being read. If a child does not understand what is being read, he/she is not really reading.
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Kindergarten Before: Use pictures to take a “picture walk” and predict what the story will be about. During: Use pictures to figure out tricky words. After: Tell who it was about. Tell where it happened. Tell who the characters are. Tell important events in order from beginning, middle and end of the story.
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1 st Grade – Focus is mostly on Fiction Before: Use pictures to tell what the story will say without reading the words. During: Fix reading errors, especially when they don’t make sense. After: Retell at least 5 events in order including character names, setting, problem and solution. Make connections to better understand character feelings, choices they make, setting, problem, solution and story ending. Determine the most important event or lesson of the story, and tell why it is important. Give a good reason.
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2 nd Grade – Fiction and Non-Fiction After Reading a Page or Two: Describe characters. Predict what will happen in the middle/end. Use text features, such as table of contents, to predict what might be learned. During: Correct reading errors when they do not make sense ( Fiction and Non-Fiction ). Use index/glossary/interpret maps, diagrams and other text features.
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2 nd Grade After: 5 finger retell—Retell the story. Include the characters, setting, problem, important events and story ending. Make connections. Share at least 2 details from each section. Locate information in the text to answer questions. Tell the most important thing learned and why it is important. Fiction Non-fiction
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S EARCHING FOR AND U SING I NFORMATION Think about who is talking now. What were some of the important events that happened? S UMMARIZING Tell what you know so far in the story. Tell what you read. P REDICTING So now what are you thinking? Based on what you know about _ _ _, what are you wondering? Think about what you know. What do you think will happen next? I NFERRING That is what the writer/character said. What did he/she mean? How do you know _ _ _ has changed? Why do you think _ _ _ did that? Talk about what the character said or did. What does that tell you about the character?
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“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” ~Emilie Buchwald
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