Strategies for Checking Comprehension

January/February

Growing Readers-Kathy Collins

Readers Think and Talk About Books to Grow Ideas

Strategies for Checking Comprehension

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week 1  The Importance of Understanding	p. 180 Strong Readers get the words and the story	p. 181 When Readers Really Understand Their voices sound smooth	p. 181 When readers understand they can picture the story in their minds	p. 181 When  Readers really understand, they can retell it easily	p. 182 When readers really understand they just know
Week 2	p. 182  review chart	p. 183  Monitoring Comprehension Huh? Catching yourself when you’re confused	p. 184  Readers catch themselves when they’re daydreaming	p. 184  Readers stop and think after reading chunks of text	continued
Week 3	p. 184  Readers check their retelling	p. 184 Readers check their book talks	Strategies for Confusion  p. 185 Readers Go Back and reread to understand	p. 185 Readers read back and read to understand the tricky part	p. 185  Readers stop and make a picture in their minds to understand.
Week 4	p. 185  Readers read tricky parts aloud	p. 185  Readers talk to a partner about tricky parts	p. 185 readers talk to someone who has read the book before	Readers make sketches to understand	CELEBRATION! small big pics  Teacher child

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