Comprehension

 
 * **What is comprehension?**
 * Comprehension is a process dealing with linking what you already know to what you are reading or learning about.
 * **Why do we access it?**
 * To make sure that the child is able to construct understanding and meaning to what they read and/or learning.Comprehension is the most important behavior that one can bring to the learning experience. If a student lacks in this area they will soon become frustrated an have a negative attitude towards reading.
 * **Ways to help a child develop comprehension skills. These different ways can be used by a teacher or a parent.**
 * Try reading a book out loud that is just above the child's understanding. This will encourage questions, and cause the child to think.
 * Talk about what you read. Ask questions about the characters and why they do what they do. Predict what may happen next. But be careful! Do not stop so often that the child gets impatient to hear the end of the story!
 * Read to the child one of these common phrases.Ask if he/she knows what it might mean. If he/she does not know example what it means to them. Together, think of a sentence using the new phrase. Choose one every now and again, do not do them all the time. The child may get bored and you want them to look forward to this activity not dread it. Here are some common phrases, but of course not all:
 * in the nick of time
 * passed with flying colors
 * go through the roof
 * butterflies in your stomach
 * in one ear and out the other
 * did not see eye to eye
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">on pins and needles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">on your high horse
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">spring a leak
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">hit it off
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">lost his head

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**References:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">(2001). //The Michigan Literacy Progress Profile//: State of Michigan Department of Education.

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