Students will continue to learn to read and
develop comprehension skills for fiction texts, but the lack of preparation for the analysis of informational text looms over the heads of teachers.
Bringing books alive through play is a good way to start to help
children develop comprehension skills and over at treading on Lego they are playing with Squash and a squeeze by Julia Donaldson.
, they also need opportunities to engage with richer, meaningful texts and to
develop comprehension skills.
Children dig deeper into texts with read alouds, exploring story elements and
developing comprehension skills.
Effective reading comprehension instruction requires continuous teacher learning about the processes and techniques detailed in the previous nine principles, and ways to use such knowledge to
develop the comprehension skills and strategies of all students.
about the processes and techniques detailed in the previous nine principles, and ways to use such knowledge to
develop the comprehension skills and strategies of all students.
Response and reflection time allows for students to clarify their thinking, ask questions about their reading, and
develop their comprehension skills.