Reading comprehension Flashcards
etymology
study of the origin of words + the way the meaning of words changed through history
Greek words came 1st
Latin words came 2nd
word consciousness
students are curious about language, like to play with words, and enjoy learning about the origins of words
word rich classroom fosters word consciousness through:
- dictionaries
- thesaurus
- word games
- word wall
- puzzles
- literature
- poetry books
- word play
- joke books
what do good readers do? before
- activate prior knowledge
- predict or make inferences
- question ex: I wonder why
what do good readers do? during
schema engagement
- make connections
- visualize
- make inferences
- question
- revise and adjust predictions
what do good readers do? after
retell/ summarize synthesis revisit predictions question evaluate text
Self monitoring + Metacognition (during reading)
self monitoring is metacognition
Being aware of ones thinking during reading including thinking about a texts meaning (when vocab is unfamiliar or when text doesn’t make sense, or if the text is challenging)
4 reading comprehension strategies
- self monitoring
- schema
- simple story map
- inferences
self monitoring
identify when they don’t understand
schema
make personal connections
simple story map
who, what, when, where, and why
expository text - main idea & supporting details
narrative text - names, terms, events
inferences
reader can understand more about the story when they look for clues in what the characters say or do
expository - author questions
narrative - why did they do that?
reading comp analysis strength
If person recalls
- specific names and terms (comprehension)
- identifies motive/meaning of characters (inferential)
- makes personal connections (schema engagement)
reading comp analysis weakness
recall
- misses key names, terms, events of facts+details (weak literal comp)
- doesn’t understand meaning of similes or idiomatic expressions in the passage (weak literal comp)
- misses underlying meaning and motive of both characters (weak inferences)
Narrative text structure
stories structure - beg middle end plot/event characters setting
Expository text structure
science listing cause and effect compare/contrast dates
Social Studies
problems/solutions
compare/contrast
time ordering
Skimming
finding out what its about by heading and pictures
scan
finding out important info
- key words
- numbers
annotating
when a reader makes notes + flag or highlight important details while they are reading (key ideas + details)
Types of learners
visual
auditory
reading/writing
kinaesthetic
Visual learner
learns best by seeing
auditory learner
learns best by hearing
reading/writing learner
learns best through reading and writing
kinaesthetic
learns best through speaking
types of graphic organizers
- Venn diagram
- kwl chart
- cause and effect chart
- flow chart (a process + sequence of events)
- Pie chart - numerical portions - fractions, percent, decimals