Phonemic Awareness Alphabetic Understanding Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension


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Teaching Comprehension Before, During and After Reading

Before Reading

  • Set comprehension objectives
  • Preview text and prime background knowledge
  • Chunk text into manageable segments

During Reading

  • Identify text structure elements
  • Answer literal, inferential, and evaluative questions
  • Retell stories or main ideas of informational text

After Reading

  • Strategic Integration
  • Judicious Review
  • Formal and Informal Assessment
 

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