Age Differences in Reading Comprehension

Age differences in reading comprehension

Come learn how to increase your student’s reading comprehension, whether they are in kindergarten or high school. This workshop is designed to show teachers how kids learn in the early grades, and how they comprehend information in high school.

Without the ability to process and comprehend information, a student’s world becomes very limited. There are many things that a teacher can learn to do on a regular basis that will help students become better readers and writers. All the strategies for the older students focus on fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The ones for the younger students focus how children interact with print at an early age, and phonics and phonetic awareness. The most important thing a teacher can do for a student of any age is to provide plenty of time for reading and writing.

Some strategies you will learn:

Summarizing

Think aloud

Connecting

Inferring

A scaffolding model that works

How children interact with print at an early age

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