Comprehension

Comprehension Resource Sharing

__**AUTHOR'S MESSAGE**__ //What is the message in the story?// (Schneider - 1st Grade)

__**BACK UP AND RE-READ**__

//How do I use the strategy "back up and re-read" to help me understand what I am reading?// (Clemens)

__**CAUSE AND EFFECT**__ //What is cause and effect?// ? (Blystone - 2nd Grade)

//How does recognizing cause and effect relationships help us with our comprehension?// (S. Garcia - 4th Grade)

__**CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING**__ //How do I use before, during, and after reading strategies to show understanding of a fictional/non-fictional text?// (Weaver-1st Grade)

//How can I check to make sure I understand what I read?// (Ressler - 1st Grade)

//How do I check for understanding so that I know what the story is about?// (Schappell - 1st Grade)

//How do I understand what I read?// (Crum - 2nd Grade)

//How can I check for understanding when reading?// (Strada - 3rd Grade)

//How do good readers check for understanding when reading a non-fiction news article?// (Hitz- 5th Grade)

//How do I check for understanding?// (1st - Smith)

//How can you check for understanding when reading?// (Schrecengost)

//Using a pyramid style graphic organizer, how will I show my understanding of a story using 8 or less words per element?// (Lynch - 2nd Grade)

//What questions can we ask a partner to "check for understanding" of what they have read?// (Haas - 5th Grade)

How does looking back and looking ahead help me understand text? (Stewart - 3rd Grade)

//How is reading thinking?// (Perry - 3rd Grade)

How do I "leave tracks" of my thinking as I read through the text? (Applequist - 4th Grade)

__**COMPARE/CONTRAST**__ //How do you compare and contrast two subjects in a text by identifying clue words and phrases?// (Kneasel - 3rd Grade)

How do we compare and contrast the journeys of the Cherokee men from two stories? (Twaddell - 3rd Grade)

//How do we compare and contrast similar stories?// (Warner - 2nd Grade)

//How can you compare and contrast two stories?// (Cox- 2nd Grade)

//How do I write compare and contrast sentences?// (Hunt)

//How can I compare and contrast two stories using a Venn Diagram?// (Wasilewski - 3rd Grade)

//How do authors use comparing/contrasting to help readers understand information in chart/graphic form?// (Hess - 4th Grade)

__**CONFLICT**__ //What type of conflict can I find in my story?// (Vance - 2nd Grade)

__**CONNECTIONS**__ //How can we use interesting vocabulary to increase our fluency and understanding of them to help us make predictions about and connections with our reading?// (Appleyard - 4th Grade)

//How can making connections to a book or story help me to better understand what I am reading?// (Danielle Hess)

__**FICTION/NON-FICTION**__ //What do fiction books have in common?// (Oswald - 1st Grade)

__**GOAL SETTING**__ (Frantz - 4th Grade)
 * //How do I track my personal reading goals?//**

__**INFERENCES**__ //How do I make an inference?// (Clements - 1st Grade)

//What does it mean to make an inference? How do readers make inferences?// (George)

//What is an inference? How do you infer during reading?// (Miller - 2nd Grade)

//How does inferring and showing evidence help us to understand what an author has written?// (Spangler - 2nd Grade)

//How do I infer and support with evidence?// (Kapp - 3rd Grade)

//How do we define and make an inference?// (Risser - 4th Grade)

//What does inference mean? How do inferences help a reader with comprehension?// (Luciotti - 4th Grade)

//How do I make an inference?// (Kepler - 3rd Grade)

//How do good readers make inferences?// (Garcia - 4th Grade)

//How do good readers make inferences and support them with evidence from the text?// (Hitz- 5th Grade)

//How are inferences different from predictions?// (Keefer - 2nd Grade)

__**INTERPRETATION**__ //How do readers intensify their interpretations?//

__**LITERARY ELEMENTS**__ //How do we understand characters better by the actions they take, emotions they feel, words they speak, and choices they make?// (Teaman - 4th Grade)

__**MAIN IDEA**__ //How can I help myself understand the story?// (Rose - 2nd Grade)

//How do I find the main idea and supporting details to determine importance?// (Colucci - 4th Grade)

How do you understand the main idea of a magazine article (informational text)? (Zimmerman - 4th Grade)

__**META-COGNITIVE AWARENESS**__ (Rubey) (Arnold) (Arnold) - Primary (Arnold) - Primary (Arnold)

__**MONITOR AND FIX-UP**__ //How do good readers monitor and fix up?//

__**NON-FICTION**__ //How do we determine important in non-fiction text?// (Kajder - 3rd Grade)

__**PREDICTIONS**__ //How do you predict the story?// (A. Brinser - 1st Grade)

//How can we make great predictions as we read?// (Folkemer - 1st Grade)

__**PRIOR KNOWLEDGE**__ //How does prior knowledge help us to understand a non-fiction text?// (M. Moffett - 5th Grade)

__**QUESTIONING**__ //How do I answer questions about a story?// (Condran - Kindergarten)

//Why is it important to ask questions before, during, and after reading?// (Oleyniczek)

//How will stopping to ask questions before, during, and after reading help me better understand the story?// (Stong - 1st Grade)

//How do I demonstrate I can ask questions throughout the reading process?// (Fair - 2nd Grade)

//How do we ask questions when we read?// Lesson Information (Salvo - 3rd Grade)

//How do I use questioning to help me understand the text?// (Bruce - 4th Grade)

//How do readers push themselves to ask thick questions instead of thin ones?// (Brinser - 5th Grade)

__**RETELLING **__ //How do you retell a story?// Lesson Information(Burger - Kindergarten)

(Falvo - Kindergarten)

(Honicker - Kindergarten)

(Groff - Kindergarten)

//How do I retell a story?// (Norton - Kindergarten)

//How can I retell a story using pictures?// (Henry - Kindergarten)

//What are the important elements when retelling a story?// (Fitzpatrick - Kindergarten)

//How do I include what is important in a retelling?// (Garber)

//What is the beginning, middle, and end of our story?// (Collani)

//How can you use a retelling rope when retelling a story?// //What is important to include when retelling a story?// (Kyper - 1st Grade)

__**STRATEGY USE**__ //What strategies help me understand what I am reading?// (Rubey)

//How do you use comprehension strategies to understand text while you are reading? How do you use comprehension strategies and literary elements to properly respond to your reading after you read?// (Bell - 5th Grade)

//How can we respond to literature by using reading strategies to improve our comprehension//? (Kelly - 5th Grade)

__**SUMMARIZING**__ //How do you summarize a chapter book while reading?// (Smith - 5th Grade)

//How do we summarize a newspaper article?// (May - 5th Grade)

//How do I summarize after I read?// (Peterson)

__**TEXT FEATURES**__ //How do the features of nonfiction help me understand the text?// (L. Stephens - 2nd Grade)

//How can I practice the use of text features in non-fiction articles?// (Strano - 3rd Grade)

//How can students use maps to help gain meaning from text?// (Salvo - 3rd Grade)

How can the different text features of non-fiction books help us find and understand important information? (Heisey - 3rd Grade)

//Why is it important to use text features in our reading?// (Caton - 4th Grade)

//How do I use non-fiction text features to help me comprehend non-fiction texts?// (Donghia)

THEME //How does idenifying the theme of a story help increase our understanding of the story?// (Stauffer -5th Grade)

__**VISUALIZING**__ //How can making a picture in my head help me understand what I read?// (L. Michael)







//How can we use visualization to create a vivid picture of the setting in our mind?//

(Ibberson - 1st Grade)

How can making a picture or mental image help us to understand a story? (Spangler - 2nd Grade)

//How do readers make mental images?//

(J. Sensenig - 2nd Grade)



//How does visualizing help the reader understand the author's words?// (Kerlik - 3rd Grade)