Teaching comprehension
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The document emphasizes the importance of teaching comprehension strategies to all learners, particularly English language learners and struggling readers. It outlines a seven-step process for teaching these strategies, including modeling and allowing for practice in various formats. Key metacognitive strategies covered include cause and effect, problem and solution, and main idea identification, among others.
Teaching comprehension
- 1. Teaching Comprehension Zoila P. CarrionM. EdM.A. LinguisticsReading Specialist
- 2. For students to be able to understand what they read, they need to be taught comprehension strategies and skills.While all learners benefit from them, English language learners (ELLs) and struggling readers profit the most from being taught these strategies explicitly.www.mrscarrion.webs.com
- 3. 7 steps to successIntroduce the strategy.Define and explain it.Model it! Do it with your students. Ask them to use the strategy with a partner or in a small group. Ask them to use the strategy on their own.Repeat these steps as often as needed.www.mrscarrion.webs.com
- 4. The following are the most important metacognitive strategies and skills that all learners need to master in order to become successful readers.Teach them relentlessly!Teach them even if learners don’t have enough language or decoding skills. www.mrscarrion.webs.com
- 5. Cause and Effectwhy it happenswhat happenswww.mrscarrion.webs.com
- 11. www.mrscarrion.webs.comMain Idea and Details
- 20. Sequence www.mrscarrion.webs.comEvents happen in a certain order.LastFirstNext
- 21. Text Structurewww.mrscarrion.webs.comInformation is organized in a way that readers can understand and learn from the reading.compare and contrastdescribe
- 22. Summarizewww.mrscarrion.webs.comTell in your own words the most important parts of what you read.
- 23. Retellwww.mrscarrion.webs.comGive lots of details about what you read.SettingSequence of EventsCharacters
- 24. Visualizewww.mrscarrion.webs.comCreate pictures in your mind about what you are reading. Use the text and your own knowledge about the topic to visualize the text.
- 25. Generate Questionswww.mrscarrion.webs.comAsk questions about what you just read.Who?When?What?How?Where?Why?
- 26. Monitor Comprehensionwww.mrscarrion.webs.comAsk yourself if what you are reading makes sense. If it does not make sense, re-read it. Use illustrations and other graphics to help you.Oh, I see!
- 27. Analyze the Text/Plotwww.mrscarrion.webs.comIs there a problem? A hypothesis?What is the problem/ hypothesis? How did it happen? Why?Who is doing it?How will they solve the problem?