Comprehension

What Is Reading Comprehension?

"Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to (1) decode what they read; (2) make connections between what they read and what they already know; and (3) think deeply about what they have read. "

Source: Reading Rockets

Top Ten Resources On Comprehension

Reading rockets developed a list with links to their top ten resources on comprehension. This covers the complexities of reading comprehension.

Read Works

Read works is a website that has reading passages on different topics and at different reading levels. They also have comprehension questions that correlate with the different passages. You do however need to sign up for an account to use their materials.

Hands on Comprehension

This site has 4 hands-on group and partner reading comprehension ideas that I plan to try using In my classroom.