Comprehension+Instruction

= Comprehension Instruction =



=Instructional Strategies:= Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)
 * Active process that enables the learner to understand the words being read
 * Is a reason for reading and requires purposeful and thoughtful interaction with the text
 * Comprehension monitoring- Students reading text with an awareness of when they do understand and when they do not understand what they are reading
 * Cooperative learning- Students work on clearly defined reading tasks in small groups or as partners
 * Use of graphic and semantic organizers- graphic organizers can display concepts in text through the use of diagrams and other pictorial representations
 * Question answering- Students answer questions posed by teacher and teacher includes immediate feedback
 * Generating questions- teaching students to ask their own questions prior to reading by looking over the text and then reading text to answer questions
 * Recognizing story starters- the story structure is the organization of the story (plot, setting, goals, outcomes)
 * Summarizing- Synthesis of important ideas and concepts in a text, summarizing allows students to determine what is important in their reading

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