I read it, but I don’t get it! Mary Wendland M. Ed, Reading

Why is comprehension important?

Fluency vs. Comprehension Fluency  Sight Words  High Frequency Words  Decoding  Intonation  Rate with comprehension Comprehension  Understanding what we read  Main idea  Sequence  Vocabulary  Inference  Detail  Synthesis

Fake Reading

Mental Image A running movie in your head

Schema Makes connections between what we read and what we know. Connects old information and new

Ask Questions Before, during and after reading Predict Clarify Interpret conclude

Make Inferences Go beyond what is written on the page Use picture or text clues

Determining Importance

Synthesize What does it all mean to me? Synthesis sequence vocabulary details Main Idea inference