Comprehension

Plan
What	Comprehension is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to (1) decode what they read; (2) make connections between what they read and what they already know; and (3) think deeply about what they have read.
Why	Comprehension is the end goal of all reading.  Readers who have strong comprehension are able to draw conclusions about what they read -- what is important, what is fact, what caused an event to happen, which characters are funny, etc. Thus, comprehension involves combining reading with thinking and reasoning. It provides students with the skills and strategies needed to understand and gain knowledge from what is read.
How	Best practices in reading comprehension instruction include teaching students how to use comprehension strategies, teaching students to use a text’s organizational structure to better understand and learn content, guiding students through focused high quality discussion on the meaning of a text, establishing an engaging context for teaching comprehension, and choosing texts for comprehension instruction purposefully. Click here for more detailed information

Instruct
Classroom Strategies	Comprehension Planning Guide Blueprint for Comprehension Instruction Comprehension Instructional Strategies and WHEN to use them
Comprehension Skills	See grade level standards
Comprehension Strategies Video	Comprehension continuum Strategy definition list How to teach comprehension strategies Teaching strategies by using gradual release Inferences Worksheets Making Predictions Worksheets Summarizing Worksheets
Text Structure Video	Elements of narrative text Structures of informational text Guiding Students Through Text Feature Walk Text Structure Worksheets
High Quality Discussions Video	Categories of comprehension Importance of think-aloud modeling Sample discussion questions Questioning Bookmarks Informational question stems Literature question stems Techniques for peer-led discussions Literature Circle Role Cards
Selecting Text Video	Recommended Book List for Elementary updated 2023 Lexile Grade Level Chart Text Level Conversions Selecting text that supports Instructional purpose
Engagement and Motivation Video	Recommendations for Student Engagement and Motivation
Writing to Learn	Writing to Learn Activities
Listening Comprehension	Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning

Assess
Acadience Progress Monitoring	3rd Grade MAZE Student Worksheets 4th Grade MAZE Student Worksheets 5th Grade MAZE Student Worksheets 6th Grade MAZE Student Worksheets
Wit & Wisdom

Adapt
Interventions	Any resource underneath "instruct" above can be used for intervention.
Extensions	Questioning Bookmarks Jacob's Ladder Comprehension program is available for teachers to access at each school. Teachers can use above grade-level text to challenge students' reading comprehension.