This comprehension unit for first and second grade will go over each of the following comprehension strategies:
- Activating our schema
- Making inferences
- Questioning
- Determining importance
- Visualizing
- Synthesizing
For each of the above strategies there will be:
- An introduction to the strategy
- Anchor chart example(s) with printable reference charts
- Introductory activities (whole group & small group)
- Practice passages (small group or independent)
***The activities in this unit are different than those included in the RW unit and will be more in-depth and provide more opportunities to practice each of the strategies.
Included in Schema portion:
– anchor chart ideas
– printable reference chart
– intro activity for activating our schema
– passages and lesson for noticing how our schema can change
– passages and lesson for using our schema to make meaningful connections
Included in Inference portion:
– anchor chart idea
– printable reference chart
– intro activity for making inferences
– printables for making inferences using photos and books
– lessons for making inferences with wordless books
– complete the inference activity
– 5 passages to practice making inferences
Included in Questioning portion:
– 4 activities to practice generating questions
– printable reference chart with question words
– 4 passages to practice asking questions before, during, and after we read
– quiz partner activity for asking questions after a story ends
Included in Determining Importance portion:
– introduction to determining importance
– 2 different activities to introduce students to determining importance
– printable reference chart for determining importance
– 4 nonfiction passages for students to skim the text features
Included in Visualizing portion:
– printable reference chart for visualizing
– 3 introductory activities that have students practicing making their own personal visualizations, with a focus on their senses and their past experiences.
– interactive reference chart idea
– book list of great titles to use when teaching how to visualize
– 4 poems meant to elicit different senses and emotions
– 4 short stories for students to make mind movies
Included in Synthesizing portion:
– printable reference chart for synthesizing
– an introductory activity that has students understanding that as we gain more perspective and knowledge on a subject, our thinking can change
– interactive book chart idea
– book list of great titles to use when teaching how to synthesize
– 4 short stories for students to stop and synthesize what they’ve read
