Reading Comprehension Strategies

The video tutorial covers six key reading strategies used during reading: monitoring and repairing, connecting, questioning, visualizing, determining importance, and inferring. Each strategy is explained with examples and practical applications for young learners. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of these strategies in enhancing comprehension and engagement with the text.

What should a reader do if they reach the end of a page and realize they don't understand what they just read?

• Skip to the next chapter

• Ask someone else to explain it

• Go back and reread the page

• Continue reading and hope it makes sense later

Which type of connection involves relating the story to personal experiences?

• Text-to-media

• Text-to-self

• Text-to-world

• Text-to-text

How can young readers signal they have made a connection to the story?

• By using a special hand gesture

• By writing it down

• By shouting it out

• By raising their hand

What is the purpose of questioning while reading?

• To identify the main character

• To predict what happens next

• To summarize the story

• To memorize the text

What does visualizing help readers do?

• Read faster

• Remember the story better

• Find the main idea

• Identify the author

What can students do if they struggle to visualize while reading?

• Skip the difficult parts

• Draw their visions

• Ask for help

• Read aloud

What is the main goal of determining importance in a text?

• To find the main idea and supporting details

• To memorize every word

• To count the number of pages

• To identify the author’s purpose

What does inferring involve when reading a story?

• Guessing the ending

• Counting the characters

• Reading the text aloud

• Reading between the lines

Why might young children find inferring challenging?

• They read too quickly

• They are too literal

• They dislike stories

• They prefer drawing

Which strategy involves piecing together clues and personal knowledge?

• Inferring

• Connecting

• Questioning

• Visualizing