Guided Reading

ComprehensionSkills
Aguidedreadinglessononcomprehensionskillswilllookverydierentbetweenthegrades.
Therearemanycomponentstocomprehension.Skillsincomprehensionbegininthebasic,lowleveltypeques ons
andadvancetoaveryhighlevelofques oningwhichiso enreferredtoascri calliteracy.Lowlevelques onsare
referredtoastheonthelinesques ons,andthehigherlevelques onsarereferredtoastheothelinesquesons.Alowlevel,onthelinesques onwouldbesomethinglike:Whoisthemaincharacterinthebook?Whathappenstothemaincharacter?Whatistheprobleminthebook?Theothelines,higherlevelques onswouldbe,why
didtheauthorwritethisbook?Whatwashisinten on?Doyouthinktheproblemwassolvedappropriately,whyor
whynot?Couldtherebeasequeltothisbookandwhatmightitlooklike?
Theteacherwouldselectoneorpossiblytwocomprehensionskillstofocustheguidedreadinglessonon.
Hereisalistofcomprehensionskillsthatareo enusedduringguidedreading:
Mainidea
Understandingcauseandeect

Knowingwhatisimportant,

Whathappenedthatledtotheevent,

Summarizing

Knowingimportantideas,resta ngthem

Determiningauthorspurpose

Knowingwhytheauthorwroteit

Makinginferences

Drawingconclusions,drawingmostlikelyexplana ons

Dis nguishingfactsfromopinions

Knowingwhatisfactualandwhatistheopinionoftheauthor

Dis nguishingfantasyfromreality

Knowingwhatisrealandwhatisnot

Usecontextualclues

Findingunderstanding/meaningfromexplana ons,picturesortext

Makeinferences

Similartocause/eect,makinglogicalinferencesbasedontextualinfo.

Drawconclusions

Taketheauthorshintsandcluestodrawaconclusion

Understandfigura veandliteral
language

Knowingsimiles,metaphors,hyperbole,andpersonifica onvsexactlywhatis
said

Understandcharacters

Makeaccuratedescrip onsaboutacharacterbasedontextandinferences

Determinethese ngandplot

Usethetexttobeabletotellwhatthese ngandplotis

Makeconnec ons

Connectwithremindersofself,otherhappenings,otherbooks

Determinethemainidea

Combinetheimportantfactsandinforma ontodeterminethemainidea

Understandsequence

Beabletoretelltheimportanteventsinorder

Determinepointofview

Knowingfromwhichpointofviewthestoryisbeingtold

Usesuppor ngfacts

Suppor ngfactshelptounderstandmainidea,characters,plot

Visualizing

Describingmentalimagesbasedonwhatwasread

Determiningrelevanceandimportance

Decidingwhateventsareimportanttoconclude,determinemainidea,plot,
theme
Ques oningwhensomethingdoesntmakesense,rereading

Ques oning
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