Welcome to the new Reading for Comprehension webpage of Reading First in Virginia.
As we all know, teaching comprehension is one of the most difficult tasks facing teachers in our schools. Each section (below) will demonstrate a strategy (or strategies) that will help you with comprehension instruction in your classrooms.
There is a downloadable text for each.
For coaches: The Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension demonstration is accompanied by a guide that you can use for making these videos part of an interactive training session.
Page 1 - Three part video: Using Graphic Organizers with Narrative and Expository Text
Downloadable text: Narrative Story Map
Page 2 - One video: Using Questions to Enhance Comprehension Downloadable text: Continuum of Questions
Page 3 - Three part video: Nonfiction Reading ComprehensionThis demonstration was filmed in a third grade social studies class. The children were using a textbook that could not be read by some in the class. Dr. Tom Gill, from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, taught the targeted concept and SOL through text sets that were selected to match the children’s instructional reading levels. The text was also used, but as a read-aloud.
Downloadable text: Semantic Maps
Downloadable Text: Guide to Non Fiction Reading Comprehension Video
Downloadable text: Using Text Sets (from institute)
Page 4 - One video: Text Sets and Book Rooms Downloadable text: Creating a Bookroom
Downloadable text: Choosing Informational Text
Downloadable text: Different Types of Texts
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