Pause
Stop after a small section and ask what happened.
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Reading to Learn. Module 4 of 6.
Comprehension Strategies
Understanding grows when you stop and think while you read.
What your brain is learning
Use a strategy when meaning gets foggy.
Good readers do not use every strategy on every page. They notice when understanding slips, choose one useful move, and check whether the text makes sense again.
Here is what to do right now
Use one clear thinking routine.
Choose a strategy
Predict, question, picture, infer, or reread.
Find evidence
Point to the words that helped your thinking.
Check understanding
Retell the important part in your own words.
Practice text
Read, notice, and think.
Dark clouds covered the sky during recess.
Nico saw the teacher carrying a box of indoor games.
A cold drop landed on his arm.
He hurried toward the classroom door.
Read. Play. Atelier.
Your three missions.
Read
Make an inference
What does Nico think will happen? Use two clues from the passage.
Open Meaning MakerPlay
Strategy spinner
Choose predict, question, picture, infer, or reread. Use it on one paragraph.
Start a Reading QuestAtelier
Draw the clues
Illustrate the scene and label two details that guided your thinking.
Open the AtelierClover says
Confusion is a signal.
When meaning disappears, your brain is not failing. It is asking you to pause and choose a strategy.
Notice what grew
What can you do now?
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