Reading Comprehension Strategies
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Why: Comprehension strategies help readers enhance their understanding, overcome difficulties comprehending text, and compensate for weak or imperfect knowledge related to the text.
Assessments
Basic Comprehension Strategies
Strategy Fits the Text Logical Contributes to Comprehension
4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
Students read a text doing a think aloud using the grade appropriate strategy(ies) or
Students read a text and stop and write the response to the grade-appropriate strategy(ies).
The responses are scored for each attribute 4, 3, 2, or 1.
4: Insightful; 3: Spot on; 2: Okay; 1: Off base (Developed by Elaine Weber 2017)
Benchmarks
Grade-level Accountability
Third Grade through Fifth Grade: Make inferences, synthesize and repair comprehension with guidance.
Third Grade: Ask Questions, visualize and determine importance.
Second Grade: Ask questions and visualize.
Pre-Kindergarten through First Grade: Ask questions.
Assessments
Basic Comprehension Strategies
- Questioning
- Connecting
- Visualizing
- Determining Importance
- Inferring
- Synthesizing
- Repairing Comprehension
Strategy Fits the Text Logical Contributes to Comprehension
4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
Students read a text doing a think aloud using the grade appropriate strategy(ies) or
Students read a text and stop and write the response to the grade-appropriate strategy(ies).
The responses are scored for each attribute 4, 3, 2, or 1.
4: Insightful; 3: Spot on; 2: Okay; 1: Off base (Developed by Elaine Weber 2017)
Benchmarks
Grade-level Accountability
Third Grade through Fifth Grade: Make inferences, synthesize and repair comprehension with guidance.
Third Grade: Ask Questions, visualize and determine importance.
Second Grade: Ask questions and visualize.
Pre-Kindergarten through First Grade: Ask questions.