Comprehension Slide by Erica Green Definition Comprehension in

Comprehension Slide by Erica Green Definition: Comprehension, in terms of reading, refers to a reader’s ability to understand find meaning in a text, expository or narrative. It can be thought of as the type of relationship the reader has with the text, what form the text takes on in the reader’s mind. Importance in Reading: When children effectively comprehend a text, they will be better able to ask and answer critical thinking questions and recall information. Furthermore, strong comprehension skills allow readers to be more fluid, make meaningful, real world connections to the text, and find reading to be an enjoyable and rewarding activity, as oppose to a tedious and frustrating chore. Internet Site: Scholastic Graphing Organizer: Setting Comparison Students can go to this page and print a graphic organizer that is designed to aid them in making real life connections to a text by listing similarities and differences between where they live and the setting explored in a given text. How Site Supports Technology in Reading Instruction: Conveniently found at printables. scholastic. com students (and teachers) have access to a large variety of graphic organizer templates, including cause and effect, chronological order, and main idea organizers at the click of a button; it’s like a never-ending filing cabinet that takes doesn’t take up any precious classroom space! In My Future Classroom: These templates provide many ideas about how to go about studying and making sense of a text. I would use these templates in all elementary school grades. After doing one or two together, in middle and upper level grades, I would, primarily, have students fill them out during reading instruction, and as part of homework assignments to aid them in mentally arranging information that they have read. For younger students, who may not have strong drawing skills, these pre-drawn templates can be very helpful. I would do one with a kindergarten or first grade class before, during, and after every read aloud. I addition, I believe that these transcend grade level and look forward to using them, myself, in order to better organize the vast amount of information that I must be responsible for as a college student.