Comprehension Strategies
QUESTION: What are comprehension strategies?
ANSWER: Comprehension strategies are sets of steps the readers use to make sense of the text. It helps increase the student(s) by becoming active reader(s). It gains a purpose for the reader’s to control their own reading comprehension. Here is a list of five comprehension strategies that can be used in a classroom.
- Monitoring Comprehension
Monitoring comprehension is for the reader who is not having trouble with the text. They are just going over what they have read in a structuralized format. The reader will use these techniques to be aware that their comprehension of the text is correct.
- Teaches the reader to be aware of what they already understand.
- Use the correct strategies to resolve the problems in comprehension.
- Identify what they do not understand.
- Metacognition
Metacognition is based off of thinking skills. This will make the reader use their knowledge about the text by clarifying what they have just read. The reader may re-read over the text to get a better understanding of what they just read. Metacognition can also be reflecting of the reader’s ability to read at a certain speed. The reader may struggle to understand the text, if the text is difficult. The reader will need to adjust their reading speed to understand the text in a complex matter.
- Identifying where the difficulty occurs. (not understanding a paragraph in the text)
- Identifying what is difficult. (Not understanding what the author is trying to say)
- Look back through the text (The reader may have forgot about a character throughout the text. The reader will have to look back into the text and refresh their memory about the character.
- Generating questions
The reader can create questions throughout the reading of the text and be confident in answering them. If a teacher or a peer have questions about the text the reader will have self-assurance in answering with 100% accuracy.
- Graphic and semantic organizers
Graphic organizers are a great way for the reader to comprehend the text. It illustrates the concepts and relationships between concepts of the text or using semantic organizers such as:
-Webs: Student can use a web, or ven-diagarm to compare and contrast
- Charts: KWL chart can help the student write out what they know, what they want to know, and what they learned form the text.
- Story Pyramid: Helps the reader have a complete understanding of what the story is about. It will help them put the pieces together on how the author structuralized the story. It will help the reader use a visual effect of the characters, climax, falling action and much more…
- Effective comprehension
A teacher can tell the readers why and when they should use strategies. The teacher can explain what strategies to use, and how the reader can apply them.
-Modeling: Demonstrating how the strategy would be applied. The reader can think aloud while reading their text.
-Guided Practice: A peer can assist and guide the reader to learn how and when they can apply the strategies.
- Application: Will help the reader practice the strategy and be eligible to apply their skills independently.
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