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AKJ EDUCATION
Comprehension Strategies & Skills
Reading for meaning and comprehension requires employing strategies and developing skills. In the
collections presented on the following pages, we have selected grade appropriate texts grouped into core
comprehension strategies or skills relevant for each grade band. Purchase as individual strategy or skill
starter collections or together as a more comprehensive reading strategies & skills collection.
THE STRATEGIES & SKILLS
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ACTIVATING BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE
Elicit what students already know
about a text or topic, an experience, an
author, a character, a time period, etc.
Accessing prior knowledge is a critical
step in building new learning and
reading comprehension.
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QUESTIONING
Ask questions before, during, and
after reading to better understand the
author and the meaning of the text.
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DETERMINE TEXT
IMPORTANCE
Distinguish between what information
in a text is most important versus
what information is interesting but not
necessary for understanding.
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SUMMARIZING & SYNTHESIZING
Determine and restate which ideas are
the most important. Connect previous
knowledge and experiences with a text
to fully understand and form new ideas.
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BONUS:
Foundational Phonics Collections are included for Grades K-1 and 2-3.
WANT MORE STRATEGIES?
Find reading and writing strategy collections created by Jennifer Serravallo on pages 53-54.
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MAKING CONNECTIONS &
INFERENCES
Connect experiences, information, and
things happening in the world to get a
deeper understanding. Use knowledge
and experience plus clues in the text to
draw conclusions.
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VISUALIZING & IMAGINING
Create a mental image of the setting,
characters, and situations in a text.

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