Key Elements: Text Comprehension by Ms. McNamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension en-us 2016-03-20 15:52:57 UTC 2026-01-11 20:30:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Comprehension Strategies Visual  sarah_mcnamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898195 2016-03-20 15:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898195 What Is Text Comprehension? sarah_mcnamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898314
Text Comprehension is the ability to read a text and make meaning from what has been read. In primary grades, emerging readers use a variety of comprehension strategies to help them make meaning from what they have read. 

Text Comprehension is essential to building fluent readers. There are six main comprehension strategies that are used to help make meaning from text. 

In order for any reader to become a fluent reader, they need to understand, absorb and communicate about what they have read as a part of text comprehension. ]]> 2016-03-20 16:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898314 Importance to Student Literacy Development sarah_mcnamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898336
Comprehension is essential part of reading. Without a full and complete comprehension of what is being read, the reader has very limited understanding of the text. In order for the reader to demonstrate their understanding and comprehension, using a variety of strategies is needed to help make meaning from what is being read. ]]> 2016-03-20 16:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898336 Teaching Strategies sarah_mcnamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898350 Double Entry Journal (Making Connections)
Students write main ideas from the text on the left hand side while responding with their own connections (text to self, text, world, media) on the right hand side.

I Wonder/What If... (Questioning)
Students generate questions (before, during or after) about what they are reading or have read. 

What Do You See? (Visualizing)
Students can practice their visualizing skills by closing their eyes and drawing what they see on paper. Questions to help guide them include: I am picturing, I can imagine, I am seeing]]> 2016-03-20 16:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898350 References sarah_mcnamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898355 Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/reading_comprehension/

Busy Teacher Cafe Comprehension Strategies
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/
comprehension_strategies.html]]> 2016-03-20 16:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898355 Six Comprehension Strategies for Reading sarah_mcnamara https://padlet.com/sarah_mcnamara/keyelementstextcomprehension/wish/101898478
Making Connections:
Readers make personal connections to the text using their own prior knowledge and experiences
  • These can include: Text-to-Self (connection between the text and reader's personal experiences)
  • Text-to-Text (connections between the text being read and a previously read text)
  • Text-to-World (connections between the text and something that has happens in the world)
  • Text-to-Media (connection between the text and something they have seen online in videos, music, social media, etc)

Questioning:
Asking questions help students to clarify and deepen their understanding of the text they are reading. Questions are often asked before, during and after reading. 

Visualizing:
Making a mental picture of what is happening in the text helps readers to engage with what they are reading. 

Inferring:
Readers need to make predictions and draw conclusions about what they are reading using context and picture clues to "read between the lines"

Determining Importance:
Understanding the main idea of the text and determining the author's message. Readers need to understand the difference between fiction and non fiction texts as well as important and unimportant information. 

Synthesizing:
An ongoing thinking process for the reader as they gather new information as they read and reevaluate what they know. 



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