5 True or False
Noelle Hale
- This is a simple activity where a teacher will pose true or false questions after a shared reading to check for student comprehension of the information in the story.
- Comprehension can be difficult to measure and gauge, this strategy is one way to assess student retention and understanding of story materials.
- This activity can be used at the end of a shared independent or whole group text reading, this strategy is easier when the story is read with the whole class or a group of students so that the teacher is familiar with the material.
- Comprehension is the ability to give meaning to words and retain the message conveyed by an author (Lesaux & Carr, n.d., p. 3). Without comprehension the whole goal of literacy, which is to communicate and share ideas and knowledge is impossible because words would not carry any meaning.
Strategy in Action
I would begin by selecting a piece of text that is grade and content appropriate for my population. For example, if my class had just read the story A Bad Case of the Stripes, I would read the story all the way through using guiding questions and comments to keep the student’s attention during the reading. Then after the reading I will pose 3-4 true or false questions based on the text. Questions such as “Our main character goes to school after she got a case of the stripes?” or “The main character eats green beans to get rid of her stripes?” Students will either verbally state true or false if the statement happened in the story or not. Or they can hold a thumbs up or down to get rid of distraction from classmates.
