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Reading For Meaning
by San Francisco Education Fund on
Hi Literacy Volunteers:We found a great article on "Reading for Meaning" on the Reading Rockets site, and wanted to share. A lot of this will sound familiar from the Literacy Training, but is helpful to revisit as you close out the semester with your students. Enjoy!(The full text is copied below, but you can learn more and download the PDF version here).Reading with comprehension means understanding what's been read. It takes practice, time, and patience to develop reading comprehension skills. Families can play an important role in helping a child learn to read for understanding.First, make sure your child is reading books appropriate for their reading level. If a book is too hard, all your child's energy will be put into decoding and reading word for word, with less energy available to figure out what the book means. Books that your child can read with 98-100% accuracy are good choices for comprehension building.Reading comprehension skills can be developed using a before-during-after approach. Below are a few suggestions that will help build comprehension skills.