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 Gini Musmanno 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 Gini Musmanno Comprehension, Education, Free Tips, Parent No Comments Permalink Read Post
How Important is Prior Knowledge, Really? Prior knowledge is MORE IMPORTANT than main idea, supporting details, cause/effect, predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing.--all skills that most reading teachers teach daily. 1 Nov 2024 Gini Musmanno Comprehension, Education, Learning Lessons, Study No Comments Permalink Read Post
Five Types of Comprehenders in a Typical Class This research study* describes five types of “comprehenders” in a typical reading class. By analyzing which particular type your students might be, you can gain insight into how to help them improve their understanding of text. 1 Oct 2024 Gini Musmanno Comprehension, Education No Comments Permalink Read Post
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