Research has shown that "good readers" utilize specific strategies that increase their understanding of text. These comprehension strategies help us engage with the text and enhance our enjoyment of reading.

"True comprehension goes beyond literal understanding and involves the reader's interaction with text. If students are to become thoughtful, insightful readers, they must extend their thinking beyond a superficial understanding of the text."

Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

Each month the school will focus on one of these comprehension strategies. Although we use these strategies simultaneously as we read and each strategy may be discussed at other times during the school year, these will be the focus strategies for the months.

Click on the Strategy below to learn more and discover ways you can help your child gain greater meaning from reading.

August/September   Good readers make Connections

October   Good readers ask themselves Questions

November   Good readers create Mental Images

December/January   Good readers
use clues to Determine Importance

February   Good readers use clues to make Inferences

March/April   Good readers combine these strategies for Synthesis

May   Good readers use Fix-up Strategies
when comprehension breaks down