Strategies for reading comprehension

Strategies for reading comprehension

1. Identify the purpose of reading

   • know waht they are looking for
   • Weed out distracting information

2. Use graphemic rules and patterns to aid in bottom-up decoding.

   • Begginning level
   • hits and explanations
   • long, short vowal sounds
     • Bit/ bite kit/kite

3. Use efficients silent reading techniques for relatively rapid comprehension

   • Do not pronounce
   • Global understanding
   • Skip over it

4. Skim the text for main idea

   • Getting the gist
     • Topic sentences
     • Read fast
   • Predict purpose
   • Already know about the topic

5. Scan the text for specific information

   • Quickly searching
     • Particular piece of information
     • Key words
   • Less reading and more searching

6. Use semantic mapping or clustering

   • Induce order
   • Hierarchy to a passage
   • Main ideas

7. Guess when you aren´t certain

   • Guess
     • Meaning of a word
     • Grammatical relationship
     • Discourse relationship
     • Content message
   • Use contextual clues

8. Analize vocabulary

   • Look for suffixes
   • Look for prefixes
   • Roots that are familiar
   • Grammatical contex

9. Distinguish between literal and implied meaning

   • Top down processing skills
   • Surfaces
   • Not all can be interpreted

10. Capitalize on discourse markers to process relationship

    • Clear comprehencion
    • Discurses markers
    • Enhace efficient reading

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