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Reading Comprehension: Activities to Build Comprehension
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Tags: reading, education, activities, comprehension
This list is drawn in large part from Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, MD. A noted researcher in neuroscience and a pediatrician, Dr Shaywitz is professor of pediatrics and codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. She is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She hopes her book will be a “trusted source you can turn to for information, for advice, for guidance and for explanation.”
| | Establish a purpose for reading |
| | Identify title and author, illustrator |
| | Comment on cover illustration |
| | Scan through the pages |
| | Establish the W’s: who, what, where, when, why |
| | Relate the story to his existing knowledge and interests |
| | Predict “What will happen next?” after reading a passage |
| | Summarize the main ideas |
| | Generate questions as you read |
| | Make inferences |
| | Clarify difficult words or concepts |
| | Use imagery or visualization |
| | Organize ideas, perhaps graphically, on paper |
| | Retell sequence of events |
| | Respond to the story |
| | Talk about further reading, perhaps related |
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Source:
Shaywitz MD, Sally, Overcoming Dyslexia, AA Knopf 2003
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