Comprehension

High 5! Comprehension Strategy One particular reading strategy that incorporates all three types of pre-reading, during reading, and post reading strategies is the High 5! Comprehension Strategy. There are five steps in the High 5! Comprehension strategy. The five steps are: 1) activating background knowledge; 2) questioning; 3) analyzing text structure; 4) create mental images; and 5) summarizing. The best way to teach The High5! Comprehension Strategy is through explicit instruction. Explicit…

cognitive development each child possesses. One of the difficulties that children face is reading comprehension. As reading is the foundation for all learning it is vital that comprehension is mastered. According to the research findings by “National Reading Panel” in 2000, which concluded that the “five pillars” of reading are core. They are phonemic awareness; vocabulary, phonics, fluency and comprehension are crucial for all learning. What is worth noticing is the full range of varying…

Reading comprehension is one of the areas of educational research that has been around the longest. It continues to be an area of weakness for students and therefore an area of study for current examination. Several independent skills are required before students are able to successfully complete the complex process of reading comprehension. Skills listed in the research include decoding skills and word recognition, auditory processing, prior knowledge and vocabulary development (McClintock,…

strategies to help them overcome their difficulties. After searching through many books over the allotted time for this course and talking with my colleagues I was recommended Comprehension strategies: Bridges to strategic reading by Tanny McGregor. This book focused on providing students with concrete ways to understand reading comprehension and how best to apply what they have learned to their reading. McGregor (2007) focused on metacognition, building schema, inferring, questioning, main…

not only understanding what they have read, but also struggle to read fluently (Allord & Chard, 2011). Many educators assume that reading fluency problems affect reading comprehension because it is impossible to understand something you…

1) How does the book deal with words/vocabulary for the feeling? This book deals with words/vocabulary for the feeling of anger by primarily using the word, “Anger”. This term is used not only in the title of the book, but also to describe Sophie’s reaction to the primary interaction of this book. Once the feeling is identified to the reader, more detailed is added to allow for more normalization of the feeling, such as, “Sophie is a volcano, ready to explode” (pg 14) and “She roars a red, red…

In the class of ACA-122 we as students were asked to complete and review a group of self-assessment tests which totaled to 3 tests; these included a basic skills overview, an interest inventory, and a work values sorter. Upon completing these tests allowed myself to further understand my strengths that I have developed and the skills I already have. Due to these testing results allows me to understand which program that I will eventually transfer to after my time at Rockingham Community College…

understand English to be successful in other subject such as science and math. However, there are various purposes and goals for teaching and learning English. As for reading, there are also various purposes and goals for students to master it. A comprehension text given by the teacher may require students to skim just to find the specific information based on the task given. There are many purposes for reading. From toddler to adults, there are various materials for reading. A novel may be read…

The Author use the theme “Understanding conceptual change” for the “Fish is Fish” tale. The idea behind this story in relation to learners is that many students may learn new information and they may seem to have comprehension of the material but in fact, they do not. The main argument is that this creates a sense of bewilderment due to students misrepresenting the information in their mind to make pseudo-sense of it. There illusory understanding may derive from their…

Alanna also demonstrates her language comprehension skills every day. On October 29, during Sarah’s letter lesson, Alanna was given three-step directions. She successfully followed them and completed the activity. This is above average for a three year old, since following three step directions in order is a challenge for them. On October 30, during Brianna’s triangle lesson, Brianna counted to three out loud. Alanna imitated Brianna’s tone and counted to three with the exact voice as Brianna…