Students are guided in applying strategies before, during, and after reading. The text is often chunked into small pieces (a page or two). During and after reading, the teacher asks questions that relate to the story. Close reading focuses on gleaning meaning from the text itself—what the author is trying to say.২৬ মে, ২০১৫

Strategies for Close Reading

1. Be a Close Reader Yourself. As you teach close reading, it’s important that you know the text backwards and forwards.
2. Teach “Stretch Texts”
3. Teach Students to Look for the Evidence.
4. Always Set a Purpose for Reading.
5. Differentiate Your Instruction.
6. Focus on Making Connections.
7. Model it First.
8. Let Them Make Mistakes.

Close Reading ensures that students are able to glean specific and comprehensive understanding from even very difficult texts. Second, Close Reading is the tool that allows students to read text that is over their heads—one of the fundamental experiences of attending (or preparing for) college.১০ মার্চ, ২০১৬

The following are nine components of effective reading instruction.

• Phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, and concepts of print.
• The alphabetic code: Phonics and decoding.
• Fluent, automatic reading of text.
• Vocabulary.
• Text comprehension.
• Written expression.
• Spelling and handwriting.

Basic reading skills encompass a range from phonics to comprehension.

• Decoding. Decoding or sounding out words is the first step in reading.
• Vocabulary. Good readers increase their vocabulary every time they read and are able to recall these words when they see them again.
• Fluency.
• Comprehension.

Methods of Assessing Reading Comprehension One method is to use a formal assessment, like the example above, with reading passages followed by questions about the passage. Another method is to use informal assessments. Ask students to tell you about what they read or retell the story or event in their own words.১৬ এপ্রিল, ২০১৮

Four Levels of Comprehension

• Level 1 – Literal – Stated facts in the text: Data, specifics, dates, traits and settings.
• Level 2 – Inferential – Build on facts in the text: Predictions, sequence and settings.
• Level 3 – Evaluative– Judgement of text based on: Fact or opinion, validity, appropriateness, comparison, cause and effect.

“New literacies” that arise from new technologies include things like text-messaging, blogging, social networking, podcasting, and videomaking. These digital technologies alter and extend our communication abilities, often blending text, sound, and imagery.১১ নভেম্বর, ২০১৪

There are three levels of understanding in reading comprehension: literal meaning, inferential meaning, and evaluative meaning. Let’s take a closer look at each of these different meanings.

Teaching strategies for literal comprehension

1. Early Stage 1 – locating information using big books.
2. Stage 1 – locating directly stated information.
3. Stage 2 – retelling and locating information.
4. Stage 3 – skimming and scanning.
5. Stage 4 – finding key information and summarising.

The purpose of reading is comprehension — getting meaning from written text. Find out what else research tells us about the active process of constructing meaning, and how good readers consciously employing comprehension strategies. Without comprehension, reading is a frustrating, pointless exercise in word calling.

Whilst ‘reading’ involves translating text into sounds or spoken words, ‘comprehension’ involves deriving meaning from those words. Both reading skills and comprehension skills are essential if a child is to be able to understand a text, but the reading must come first.২ মার্চ, ২০১৫

12 Strategies To Help Struggling Readers Improve Reading Comprehension

1. Find books they’ll like.
2. Read aloud.
3. Skim the headings of the text.
4. Re-read sections that are confusing.
5. Use a ruler or finger to follow along.
6. Write down words you don’t know.
7. Discuss what your child has just read.
8. Recap and summarize the main points.