Reading Comprehension
Comprehension is an understanding of the meaning of the reading passage. It is the main goal
of teaching children to read. It is life-long learning. When a child is learning to read it is
important to emphasize to the reader how to be aware of his/her understanding of the
material being read, being able to answer who, what, where, when, and why questions about
the plot, and facts that are happening as you read the passage. Stress the importance of asking
questions frequently as they read, to predict what they think is going to happen next.
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for reading NGA and CCSSO
is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they
progress through school. Taken from the Teaching Reading Sourcebook pg. 610
Teaching Reading Sourcebook by Bill Honig, Linda Diamond, Linda Gutlohn
This research based, text is very direct and applicable in assisting teachers with different strategies and
reasons for these strategies. It would be an excellent resource for all classroom teachers.
Reading with Meaning --Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades by Debbie Miller
Debbie Miller’s book is written in a way that is applicable to teaching young students. She has
techniques for modeling thinking, she gives specific examples of modeled strategy lessons for inferring,
asking questions, making connections, deciding on the importance of the text, teaching students to form
a mental picture, and synthesizing information. She guides you on teaching children to make their
thinking visible through oral, written, artistic and dramatic responses. She gives explicit lessons on how
this is done.
www.mrnussbaum.com/readingpassage
Parents and Teachers, these are interactive, computer-based, informational text-based reading
comprehension passages and multiple-choice question sets. Would be great center work or even at
home.
https://www.k5learning.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets
Use these free, printable worksheets to practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing.
Each reading passage is followed by exercises which for younger students focus on recalling information directly from
the text and for older students focus on prediction, inference and character traits.
www.ixl.com/ela/reading-comprehension
A lot of schools in South Dakota use ixl if you haven’t checked it out, I recommend that you take
the time to look at it. It is a very valuable resource. It has Reading Comprehension and the
skills that cover reading comprehension. The skills are organized by grade and you can move
your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUDigw4LCYE
Reading Comprehension Strategies. This is a 4.46 minute clip to learn different ways to engage
students while reading to increase reading comprehension! I would recommend this book for a
faculty meeting, have out on the screen for parents to view during Open House, etc. Very well
done and informative.
https://www.educationcorner.com/reading-comprehension.html
Improving Reading Comprehension. Good reading comprehension comes only with practice.
The basic aspects of reading, such as word recognition, phonetics and fluency, can be mastered
in just a few years. However, throughout this process reading comprehension must be
emphasized. It has a bulleted list of specifics things you should look over and/or read when
performing a pre-reading survey of a textbook chapter. It also has free worksheets!
https://growingbookbybook.com/reading-comprehension-rainbow-retelling/#_a5y_p=3383434
Great idea for teaching children reading comprehension by using a rainbow bracelet that has 6
colors that represent a retelling skill. Great idea for teaching students how to retell a story.
This site has free directions for making the bracelet and how to teach students to use the
bracelet for retelling the story.
dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/professionals/dyslexia-school/reading-comprehension
This site offers in-depth research on dyslexia. It has an assortment of articles and tools,
assessments, differentiated learning, to help children succeed. It is free and reaches all
the way through HS and into college. It success stories, has information for parents,
and teachers. Although this site is for students with Dyslexia, it has wonderful
comprehension strategies and ideas for helping children without dyslexia too.
