Comprehension Skills, Strategies & Best Practices This module
explores comprehension strategies and their benefits. Examine
descriptions of each type of comprehension strategy,
instructional implications for teaching comprehension, and
sample lessons. Although word recognition, decoding, and fluency
are building blocks of effective reading, the ability to
comprehend text is the ultimate goal of reading instruction.
Comprehension is a prerequisite for acquiring content knowledge
and expressing ideas and opinions through discussion and
writing. Comprehension is evident when readers can:
Comprehension strategies work together like a finely tuned
machine. The reader begins to construct meaning by selecting and
previewing the text. During reading, comprehension builds
through predicting, inferring, synthesizing, and seeking answers
to questions that arise. After reading, deeper meaning is
constructed through reviewing, rereading portions of the text,
discussion, and thoughtful reflection. During each of these phas