I’m working on comprehension! My strategy is Check for Understanding.
Secret to Success
Sometimes children are so concerned about reading it correctly, they forget to think about their reading. When we read we must think about the story and realize what the author is trying to tell us or what we are learning from the book. Readers stop frequently to Check for Understanding or to ask, who and what?
What you can say or model
Model – while reading aloud stop periodically and say, “Let me see if I remember what I just read. I am going to start by thinking of who the story was about and what happened.”
Stop often to Check for Understanding so you don’t read any farther.
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)
Secret to Success
Sometimes children are so concerned about reading it correctly, they forget to think about their reading. When we read we must think about the story and realize what the author is trying to tell us or what we are learning from the book. Readers stop frequently to Check for Understanding or to ask, who and what?
What you can say or model
Model – while reading aloud stop periodically and say, “Let me see if I remember what I just read. I am going to start by thinking of who the story was about and what happened.”
Stop often to Check for Understanding so you don’t read any farther.
- “Who did you just read about and what just happened?”
- “How often did you stop to Check for Understanding? After each sentence, after each paragraph, at the end of each page?”
- " Was your brain talking to you while you read?”
- “Are you finding that you understand what you are reading?”
- “What do you do if you don’t remember?”
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)