Reading Comprehension
Reinforce the foundation of knowledge that students use to interpret language with resources that break down the basics of reading comprehension.
Explainer video
What is Reading Comprehension?
Take a closer look at the way our mind extracts meaning from text and retains the content more efficiently.
Supporting Resources
Microlearn Module
Background Knowledge
What role does the context of a word play in how it is used?
6-8 Minutes
Show students how their pre-existing knowledge colors the ways that they use language.
Microlearn Module
Reading Strategies
Can you recognize “high level” patterns in the use of language?
6-8 Minutes
Challenge students to summarize, make predictions, visualize, and ask questions to understand language.
Microlearn Module
Text Structures
Do you consider the structure of a text when reading?
6-8 Minutes
Explore the architecture of language with an activity that tests students' ability to notice details.
Masterclass
Building Reading Comprehension
Helping Learners Understand
6-8 Minutes
Observe two engaging strategies—Talking Drawings (Strategy 1) and Story Stones (Strategy 2)—that help students connect with texts, deepen their understanding, and develop critical comprehension skills. These activities guide students to visualize, engage with, and analyze key elements of a text.
Task Cards
Task Cards
Early Literacy Strategies
6-8 Minutes
Expanding on the strategies from our Discovery Literacy microlearns, these versatile strategies are easy to incorporate into mini lessons, as a warm-up or wrap-up, or part of learning stations.
Classroom Activity
Comprehension Classroom Activities
Early Literacy Strategies
6-8 Minutes
Guide students to understand narrative structure, build vocabulary, and strengthen oral language with this classroom activity, by using story map organizers to identify characters, settings, problems, and events. Through modeling, guided practice, and independent or partner work, students discuss, draw, and write about key story elements to support comprehension and meaningful use of language.
Ready-to-Use Activity
Background Knowledge
Slideshow
6-8 Minutes
Use this activity to support comprehension by helping students develop skills that utilize background knowledge. This activity uses the "I do, we do, you do" process.
Ready-to-Use Activity
Reading Strategies
Slideshow
6-8 Minutes
Use this activity to support comprehension by helping students use details to describe characters, setting, and major events of a story.
Ready-to-Use Activity
Text Structures
Slideshow
6-8 Minutes
Use this activity to support comprehension by helping students break down content using graphic organizers that support text structures.
