Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand or connect to what they are reading, they are not really reading. Good readers are both purposeful and active, and have the skills to absorb what they read, analyze it, make sense of it, and make it their own.Â
Video: KWL Method (12 min)
Video: Reader's Workshop for Middle School (2 min)
Video: Reader's Workshop Mini lesson (10 min)
Video: How to Teach using Reader's & Writer's Workshop (12 min)
Video: Using Reciprocal Teaching to Engage Students (8 min)
Video: Close Reading (8 min)
Website: Reader's Theatre
Video: Tips for Implementing Reader's Theatre (4 min)
Video: Teaching Text Structures in Non-Fiction Reading (5 min)
PDF: QAR Strategy Handout
Website: Question - Answer - Relationship Strategy (QAR)
Video: QAR Strategy (5 min)
Video: Teaching Reading Using Graphic Organizers (10 min)
Video: Post-It Notes in Guided Reading (7 min)
PDF: Effective Intervention Practices to Improve Comprehension
Video: Using Reciprocal Teaching to Boost Math Comprehension (12 min)
Video: Inferential Language Read Aloud & Discussion (5 min)
Video: Inferential Language Read Aloud & Discussion (5 min)
Video: Narrative Language Predicting (5 min)
Video: Narrative Language Retell (5 min)
Video: Narrative Language Main Idea (5 min)
Video: Narrative Language Cause and Effect (7 min)
PDF: Reading Comprehension Strategies in K-3
PDF: Reading Comprehension for Students with Autism
Website: Self-paced learning module for Teaching Comprehension
Website: CSR A Reading Comprehension Strategy
Video: Benefits for Reading Aloud to Teens (11 min)
Video: Games to Support Comprehension (4 min)
Video: Jigsaw Reading Method (6 min)
This website has TONS of activities for grades Pk-5 in the area of Comprehension (use the toolbar on the left to navigate through the various grades)