Reading Comprehension Strategies

Question 1

Predicting

Answer 1

When students make predictions about the text they are about to read, it sets up expectations based on their prior knowledge about similar topics. As they read, they may mentally revise their prediction as they gain more information.

Question 2

Identifying the Main Idea

Answer 2

The most important idea is called the main idea. The main Idea identifies the topic and states the most important idea about a text.

• The main idea is often found in the first or last sentence of a paragraph
• If you are reading a text with multiple paragraphs, you can find the main purpose of the text in the first paragraph

Question 3

Summarization

Answer 3

Read what you have read then put the text away from you sight. Then explain in 3-5 sentences, what the text was about.

Question 4

Making Inferences

Answer 4

When the author given clues to something happening but does not say it directly.

Question 5

Cause and effect

Answer 5

What happens and why is cause and effect. Why is the CAUSE. The what is the EFFECT. Cause and Effect tells why or how one event causes another even to occur.

Question 6

Compare and contrast

Answer 6

Finding how two or more thigs are alike and how thy are different is called compare and contrast.

Compare Clue - both, same, like, alike, similar

Contrast Clue - but, unlike, however, whereas, instead

Question 7

sequence of events

Answer 7

The order in which things happen.

• Clue words - first, next, then, last, finally, before, after.
• Time of day or week
• how things logicaly working

Question 8

Author’s Purpose

Answer 8

What is the author writing the text? Who is the audience and what should they take away from the text?

Question 9

Recalling Facts and Details

Answer 9

Sentences that help you explain the main idea in detail are called facts and details. Facts and details support and tell more about the most important idea in a paragraph.

• Facts and details help you have a better understanding of the topic.
• Facts and Details explain the who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• They are found in the middle sentences of the paragraph

Question 10

Finding Words in Context

Answer 10

When you figure out the meaning of an unknown word from other word, you are find out the words meaning in context.

There are clues in the words around the unknown word that can help you find the meaning.

Synonyms and Antonyms are sometimes near the unknown word.

Question 11

Fact Vs. Opinion

Answer 11

Facts are statements that can be proven

Opinions are what one thinks and feels.