Comprehension

**Reading Comprehension Strategies** Reading strategies help you to understand the meaning of the text, not just be able to read the words.

A strategy is a plan to help you to achieve something. So a reading strategy helps you to achieve understanding of the text. Another word for understanding is comprehension.
 * So what is a strategy? **

Good readers often use reading strategies without even realising. We all know how to use some reading strategies like prediction, but we are going to learn lots more! The main aim of using reading strategies is to help you understand what you read, which makes reading much more fun! || || **Parents:** Please download the following document to assist you with the discussions you have with your child about the texts they are reading at home.
 * [[image:PriorKnowledge.png width="170" height="66" link="Activating Prior Knowledge"]]

**We are learning to understand** **the text we have read.** Click on the links below to practise some more comprehension skills. Reading Comprehension ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2012-03-27_at_7.11.43_AM.png width="400" height="235" align="center" link="Into The Book"]] || [[image:StudyZone.png width="213" height="129" align="center" link="http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm"]]