SESSIONS:  June 6-10  @11:00AM-12:00AM        or  3:00PM-4:00PM

                     June 13-17 @11:00AM-12:00AM        or  3:00PM-4:00PM

                    June 20-24 @11:00AM-12:00AM       or  3:00PM-4:00PM

Reading Comprehension for Rising 3rd through 5th graders.   

FOCUS:  Does your child decode words well, yet can not answer basic comprehension questions immediately after reading?  This would be a great opportunity to support your child in developing reading comprehension strategies to aid increasing comprehension.

Reading comprehension commonly entails seven skills, namely, recognizing the sequence, recognizing words in context, identifying main ideas, decoding details, drawing inferences, recognizing cause and effect and comparing and contrasting. This composition of reading comprehension can be compared to products or outputs attained through reading activities which consist of reading along the lines, reading between the lines, and reading beyond the lines. Recognizing sequence and words in context, decoding details, and sometimes identifying main ideas can be classified as activities of reading along the lines; drawing inferences and recognizing cause and effect are categorized as parts of reading between the lines, while contrasting and comparing and giving an evaluation or personal judgments are activities of reading beyond the lines. (Rosenshine,1980: 62)