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Literacy Development at Grades 3rd - 5th

Comprehension Instruction within the Literacy Block

Comprehension instruction takes place primarily during the Modeled and Shared Reading block.  During Guided Reading, students are supported as they use the strategies while reading texts at their instructional level.  It is during independent reading that the students have the opportunity to practice these strategies on their own while reading texts at their independent level. When you click on the links below you will find the comprehension strategy brochure for that particular strategy.

Comprehension Strategies that Support Understanding:

• Activating Prior Knowledge/Making Connections
• Create Mental Images/Visualizing
• Asking Questions
• Making Inferences/Making Predictions
• Determining Importance
• Synthesizing Information
• Use “Fix-Up” Strategies [Monitor/Clarify]

Please click on each Strategy above to read more about it. 

Resources for Parents

http://www.readingrockets.org/books

(Find books that will capture your child’s imagination!  Note the themed book lists and award winners.)

http://www.adlit.org/books_authors/

(Booklists grades 4-12)

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479

(More information for you about comprehension strategies)

http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/tip.mspx?View=11

(Tips for Reading Aloud)

References:

http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratText.html

(Florida Online Reading Professional Development)

http://reading.ecg.org (Into the Book, Wisconsin Educational Communications Board)

Miller, D.  (2002). Reading with Meaning.  Portland, ME:  Stenhouse Publishers.

Zimmermann, S., C. Hutchins.  (2003).  7 Keys to Comprehension.  New York, NY:  Three Rivers Press.