Do your students read the words but struggle to understand what they read?

In this episode of The Education Connection, we're wrapping up our Science of Reading series by focusing on the ultimate goal of reading: comprehension.

I'll share the seven comprehension strategies that have shaped my instruction over the years and explain how I teach them in my first-grade classroom. While my approach has been influenced by the professional book 7 Keys to Comprehension by Susan Zimmermann and Chryse Hutchins, I've adapted these ideas to meet the developmental needs of young readers.

We'll discuss:

🍎 Why background knowledge lays the foundation for comprehension

🍎 How I teach connections through text to self, text to text, and text to world

🍎 Simple ways to encourage questio ...