Reading Comprehension

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This is by far my most popular post, with over 30,000 views.  I hope you enjoy these tips for helping your child or student develop better reading comprehension.  

As an update to the original post, my son is now in 3rd grade and doing FANTASTIC with reading.  My number one tip?  Provide lots and lots of praise and lots and lots of books!

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In honor of my going back to school, let's do an education related post!

I've been looking for ways to help my 2nd grader develop better reading comprehension. Thank goodness for the internet, pinterest, and teacher blogs!

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ReallyGoodStuff.com has this Book Mission Kit for sale (about ten bucks). You could make your own though if you wanted. Having a "mission" seems like an enticing way to engage my son in some discussion about what he's read.

Don't you love this story map board? I found it on pinterest and immediately added it to my Learning Time board. Originally it is from mrsrojasteaches.blogspot.com

I love that it is reusable! Just use sticky notes to fill in the blanks after reading a

book. When you read a new book and want to map it, pull off the sticky notes and start over!

This cool spinner game was made by Mrs. Williamson.

You can head over to her site and download it. Love that it is a game and not a worksheeet! You have got to see these bloom cards from Mrs. Saylor's Log. She so graciously has them available as a free download.

I will be printing them and keeping them in the car. My son will read to me while we go places and then pick one of each color to answer. The cards cover

• Evaluation (Was the character in the story good or bad? Support your opinion with words from the text.)
• Synthesis (What changes would you make to the story?)
• Analysis (What part of the story was the funniest and why?
• Application (What part of the story could not happen in real life?)
• Comprehension (What was the main idea of the story? Retell it in your own words.)
• Knowledge (When and Where does the story take place?)

Finally, I saw a genius idea on another blog. A bookworm incentive chart! GoodGirlGoneGlad made this for her kids.

I am copycatting her and making one for my son. Each time he finishes reading a book he can add a link to the bookworm! Ours will be 20 links long. When he gets to the 5 mark, he gets this as a prize:

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There will be another prize at about the 12 mark. Any ideas???

Finally, when all 20 bookworm segments are done, he will get an extra $5 to spend at the school's book fair.

Linking at Teach Preschool's A to Z linky list. You can easily use the above ideas for the preschool crowd instead of grade school. :)
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