Reading Comprehension Strategies Review
Develop skills in asking meaningful questions while reading
Practice making inferences using text clues and background knowledge
Understand how questioning helps comprehension
“Yes, if you cry out for understanding, and lift up your voice for insight, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.”
— Proverbs 2:3-5 (WEB)Just like we ask questions to understand a text, we can ask God questions to understand His Word better
Gather students and explain that good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading to help them understand the text.
Demonstrate how to ask different types of questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how. Show how these questions help us understand a text more deeply.
Students read a short passage and create questions using different question stems. They'll practice making inferences about the text.
Simpler: Provide more support with pre-written question stems
Challenge: Students create increasingly complex inference questions
Reflect on how asking questions helps us understand what we read.
Dear God, help us to be curious learners who seek understanding in Your Word and in the world around us.
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll continue exploring how to understand what we read by looking at summarizing and main ideas.
“Yes, if you cry out for understanding, and lift up your voice for insight”
— Proverbs 2:3 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Question Detective Game
Third graders are developing more sophisticated reading comprehension skills, learning to go beyond surface-level understanding.
Children might struggle with asking open-ended questions or understanding the difference between literal and inferential questions.
Look for your child asking questions that go beyond simple facts, showing they're thinking deeply about the text.