Comprehension, or extracting meaning from what you read, is the
ultimate goal of reading. Experienced readers take this for granted and
may not appreciate the reading comprehension skills required. The
process of comprehension is both interactive and strategic. Rather than
passively reading text, readers must analyze it, internalize it and make
it their own.
In order to read with comprehension, developing
readers must be able to read with some proficiency and then receive
explicit instruction in reading comprehension strategies (Tierney,
1982).
The process of comprehending text begins before children can read,
when someone reads a picture book to them. They listen to the words, see
the pictures in the book, and may start to associate the words on the
page with the words they are hearing and the ideas they represent.
In order to learn comprehension strategies, students need modeling, practice, and feedback.
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