1. Comprehension

2. Reading Research
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3. Once Upon a Time
Once ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ lady ______ ______ ______ ______ house ______ ______ river.

4. Write down everything you remember reading.
Boat in the Basement
Write down everything you remember reading.

5. Boat in the Basement
The Boat in the Basement A woman was building a boat in her basement. When she had finished the the boot, she discovered that it was too big to go though the door. So he had to take the boat a part to get it out. She should of planned ahead.

6. Gloopy and Blit
Gloopy is a borp. Blit is a lof. Gloopy klums like Blit. Gloopy and Blit are floms. Ril had poved Blit to a jonfy. But lo had not poved Gloopy. “The jonfy is for lofs,” Blit bofd to Gloopy. “Rom are a borp.” Gloopy was not klorpy. Then Blit was not klorpy.
Questions
1.What are Gloopy and Blit? 2. Who does Gloopy klum like? 3.What did Blit bof to Gloopy? 4. Was Blit klorpy? 5. Why wasn’t Gloopy poved to the jonfy? 6. Why was Blit not klorpy?

7. Charts/ Illustrations
Create Mental Images
Our brains remember 64,000 faster when we are presented with visuals in conjunctions with learning experiences.
Drawings/ Diagrams
Charts/ Illustrations
Video or Movie Clips

8. Visualizing Activities
Sketch-to-Stretch

9. Ask Questions Literal (Read the Lines) “Right There Answers”
Inferential (Read between the lines) “Have to Think About it Answers”
Applied (Read beyond the lines) “Think About it & Add my Feelings/Thoughts

10. Thick & Thin Questions 20 Questions Game
Questions Activities
Thick & Thin Questions 20 Questions Game

11. Make Inferences
Go beyond the words on the page. Put clues together to figure out things that aren’t even writing down. Draw conclusions and make predictions.

12. Inference Activities
Picture Walk

13. Determine Importance
Set a purpose for reading Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction What is important and unimportant?

14. Synthesize Information
Think about what you read. What does it mean to you? How does it fit with what you know?

15. Synthesizing Activities
Think-Pair-Share Reader’s Response Journal

16. Non-Fiction

17. Other Non-Fiction Strategies
Investigations
Comprehension Pyramid
Alpha boxes
20-Square Summary
Book Pass
Cross-Curricular