Reading games for kids - Comprehension games. Reading Comprehension. Comprehension Activities. The FreeReading Comprehension activities are organized into three categories: Introduce, Reintroduce and Build Mastery. The following is a description of the types of activities you will find within each category: Introduce - students are introduced to comprehension skills through a read aloud. Reintroduce - students will complete a graphic organizer to practice the application of a comprehension skill. Build Mastery - students will expand their knowledge of a comprehension skill by engaging in a variety of activities. The activities below address important comprehension skills and strategies. Click on any of the blue links below to begin a comprehension lesson. Click here to see all comprehension printables, which includes graphic organizers and game templates. Reading Strategies Log. Comprehension: In Depth. The scientific research on text comprehension instruction reveals important information about what students should be taught about text comprehension, as well as information on how it should be taught.
What should classroom teachers know about text comprehension? Text comprehension can be improved by instruction that helps readers use specific comprehension strategies. Comprehension strategies are conscious plans — sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension. The following seven strategies appear to have a firm scientific basis for improving text comprehension.
Monitoring comprehension Students who are good at monitoring their comprehension know when they understand what they read and when they do not. Comprehension monitoring instruction teaches students to: Metacognition Metacognition can be defined as "thinking about thinking. " Summarizing.