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Retelling: Comprehension Insight

If you have a perplexing pupil who sounds like a good reader but doesn’t seem to understand what is read, insights from retelling of a passage can be very helpful. Spend a short 10-15 minutes to demystify that student with a simple retelling strategy.   Retelling is a short, informative approach that can reveal how students recall, order, /or evaluate. It can produce remarkable illumination into the thinking skills of a baffling student.    You can determine  1. if students can discern the beginning, middle, and end of a selection.  2. if they can recognize who? what/ when?...

1 Mar 2025 Comprehension, Education, Retelling No Comments Permalink Read Post

Using TV to Teach Comprehension Skills

While watching TV, families and friends can actually teach the very same skills teachers use to develop reading comprehension. Plus, these skills can get individual attention that children might not receive in today’s busy classrooms. First though, it is important to understand that this process involves a parent literally sitting down and watching an acceptable TV program with the child. Be sure the program, often a sitcom, agrees with parent social standards for the child.    Here are some important comprehension skills that are easy to practice with TV: 1. Problem/Solution—Ask what problem the main character is facing...

1 Feb 2025 Comprehension, Education, Free Tips, Parent No Comments Permalink Read Post