Comprehension

** Catch the Reading Bug!!! **

Comprehension There are many purposes to reading but each ties back to cognition, to thinking. Without “thinking, wondering, and pondering,” as I call it, reading becomes simply word calling. That type of “reading” has little or no benefit to the reader or those that might listen to him. Reading words aloud, pronouncing them properly does not constitute this essence of reading. Neither does reading at a certain pace or speed although all of these skills contribute. A student can do all those things well and still not understand what the words mean. .  Any teacher can tell you that **comprehension** is one of the five key components of essential reading instruction as identified by the National Reading Panel (2000). Many may even be able to identify strategies that good readers use to understand (comprehend) what they read. But comprehension goes further: Comprehension involves constructing **meaning from reading traditional text, listening to others read, and viewing text in one of the many media available in our world today.**   Regardless of whether we teach this idea to a three-year old or a thirty-three year old, the core is the same: reading is an active, and mentally interactive, process. The **best readers** have these essentials in common. They: 
 * 1) begin reading with an understanding of the purpose for their exploration of the text
 * 2) bring to the table what they already know and associate what they read to that basis
 * 3) predicit before they read and then adjust as necessary their predictions as they move through the text
 * 4) self-monitor and stop to reread when they recongize that they are losing meaning
 * 5) have a broad oral toolbox of vocabulary
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">pause to ponder and consider

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Practice with Comprehension: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; msoansilanguage: EN; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"> [|White loafers and passport control] [|Hungry ferret causes rail scare] [|Otters head for towns and cities] [|Demolition fears after city blaze] [|Reading Exercises] [|Sixth Grade Reading] [|The Hitchhiker] [|Two sisters and the cat] [|The carpet fitter] [|The special Christmas present] [|The American pepper] [|Nasreddin the ferryman] [|Nasreddin goes shopping] [|Button and Snowball] [|Short Stories] [|StoryLine] [|Bon Appetit] [|Comprehension Resource Center]