Comprehension

Strategies -
Talk with the Text!
1. Make predictions - before and during the
reading
Important key phrases - "I think...",
"Maybe...", "Perhaps...", "Probably..."
2. Talk about the character's emotions
Surface question - "How are they feeling?"
Deep question - "How do you know they
are feeling that way? (use the text for
evidence)
3. Discuss the setting (use the title and
pictures for evidence)
4. Point out new vocabulary - clarify words
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Strategies -
Talk with the Text!
5. Encourage questioning - prompt with
"What are you wondering about on this
page?"
6. Make connections!
Text to self - What does this story remind
you of? (personal experience)
Text to text - What other piece of text
does this make you think about?
Text to the world - What other facts can
you add that you learned from TV, movies,
magazines, newspapers, etc.
7. Identify the problem and solution
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Strategies -
Talk With the Text!
8. Visualize - use your 5 senses and
imagination to put yourself inside the
story
9. Evaluate - What is the author's
purpose? Why did they write the book?
Would you give the book a different title?
Do you have a different solution to the
problem?
10. Don't make reading a chore! Have fun,
use interesting voices and expression and
enjoy the connection as you read out loud
to your child and they read to you!
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Questions
1. What happened at the beginning of the
text?
2. What happened in the middle of the text?
3. What happened at the end of the text?
4. What is the setting?
5. Give me 3 details about the main
character.
6. What was the problem in the story?
How was it solved?
7. What does this book remind you of?
8. What did you like/dislike about this
book?
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Questions
9. What was the most exciting part of this
book? Were you surprised by anything?
10. Why do you think the author wrote this
book?
11. How are you similar/different from the
character?
12. What did you learn from this book?
13. If you could be any character in this
book, who would you be and why?
14. What is your favourite illustration in
this book and why?
15. Would you change the ending? How?
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