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Understanding Reading Understanding Reading ComprehensionComprehension

• What is reading comprehensionWhat is reading comprehension?– It is defined as the level of understanding of a

passage or text

• Decoding/Fluency/ComprehensionDecoding/Fluency/Comprehension– There is a linear progression to great reading– Without decoding there is no fluency, and

without fluency there is no comprehension

Student Reading Student Reading Comprehension StrategiesComprehension Strategies

Making Connections

Questioning

Evaluating

Visualizing

Synthesizing

Inferring

Summarizing

PredictingPredictingThink about what’s going

to happen and make predictions based on what they know and

what they have read.

MonitoringMonitoringstop to think about your reading and

know what to do when you don’t understand.

Determining ImportanceDetermining Importance

Determine the difference between what you need to know

and what is just interesting.

*This is used mainly with nonfiction reading.