Comprehension



Comprehension is an active and purposeful process that leads to understanding and remembering what was read. > > > > Click the clip art below, watch the video then go to the [|Tech Tools for Reading Blog] to answer these questions... > What forms of technology were used in this lesson? How could you adapt some of these forms of technology for a lesson that you teach? > To answer the questions on the blog click where it says comments under question # 5
 * active – interacting with text; using experiences and knowledge of the world, knowledge of vocabulary and language structure, and knowledge of comprehension strategies to make sense of what is being read; recognizing problems when they occur and how to resolve them.
 * purposeful – having a reason for reading; reading to learn, to locate information, or for entertainment; adjusting rate of reading and mental effort accordingly
 * process - comprehension is not an absolute ability. Students’ abilities to comprehend text vary as texts vary. For example, the texts that students read differ in the demands presented by content, vocabulary, length, sentence patterns, text structures, and literary devices. [|ARI]

.Intel Teaching Thinking with Technology



** Comprehension Tips and Tricks **
 * 1)  A free comprehension assessment similar to Accelerated Reader can be found at [|Book Adventure]
 * 2)  Create a [|Tall Tale]   using Microsoft Word. [|Slide23.JPG]
 * 3) [|Predicting Plot]- go to [|Amazon], find a picture of the front of a book and use it to predict plot.
 * 4) Point of View-Use a [|graphic organizer] to develop different points of view. [|Contentment.bmp]
 * 5)  Make Brochures at [|My Brochure Maker]-  a wonderful way to make any reading and writing activity look professional.
 * 6)  Create Classroom Scrapbooks with your digital photos and have students write captions at [|My Album Maker]
 * 7) Read Online Magazines [|Sports Illustrated for Kids] [|National Geographic for Kids] [|Time for Kids]
 * 8) [|Main Idea Supporting Details Fish]
 * 9) [|Make an online Venn Diagram]
 * 10) [|Sort story elements with an online trashcan game]
 * 11) Demonstrate Comprehension with a [|Fakebook page]
 * 12) [|Author's Purpose Activities]

**Using PowerPoint to Demonstrate Comprehension**
 * 1) Using Printed PowerPoints for Note Taking- Open up a PowerPoint, go to print, where it says "print what" click the drop down and click handouts, then choose 3 slides per page and you will have a graphic organizer for taking notes. [[file:Graphic Organizer.pptx]]
 * 2) Create a graphic organizer using a Google presentation and use any digital device to fill it out.
 * 3) Check out these graphic organizers made using a Google presentation [|Main Idea and Suporting Details][|Author's Purpose] [|Compare and Contrast] [|Word Sort]
 * 4) Create a Google form for checking for understanding [|Comprehension Assessment]
 * 5) Use PowerPoint templates to demonstrate knowledge [|Brainy Betty]
 * 6) Comprehension PowerPoints at [|Petes' PowerPoints]


 * 1) ** Best of the Net for Comprehension additional websites at Internet Resources **
 * 2) [|Thousands of Newspapers on the Net]
 * 3) [|Current Events with the New York Times]
 * 4) [|Readquarium Comprehension]
 * 5) []
 * 6) [|AMERICAN LITERARY CLASSICS]
 * 7) [|MSNBC]
 * 8) [|CNN]
 * 9) [|Better Book Reports]
 * 10)  [|Fact Monster] (awesome research skills)
 * 11)  [|Internet Scavenger Hunts] (reading for comprehension)
 * 12) [|Thousands of Online Newspapers]
 * 13) [|Professor Garfield's Sleep Disorder Lab]
 * 14) [|Professor Garfield's Comic Lab]
 * 15) [|Reading Comprehension Sheets]
 * 16) [|Elements of a Story]