M10: Comprehension Strategies

Comprehension is supreme.  It is what we do all this work for.  We want our students to understand what they read, and we want it to impact them. But the reality is, reading is incredibly complex and requires quite a bit of skills in order to work. Without that comprehension, we risk losing the impactful, life-changing effects we know are possible through reading.

So while we say comprehension is where it's at, we can also say that comprehension isn't something that happens on its own. Multiple pieces have to work together to make the magic happen.

This video is not specifically about multilingual students, but is an excellent frame and resource around reading comprehension.  Nell Duke is an expert (and a nice person) and you can trust what you read/hear from her!

(You can click cc to follow with closed captioning or read the transcript by watching the video on YouTube and clicking the three little dots on the bottom right of the video).

 

Read the next page for some valuable information on reading comprehension for ELs.