While assessing comprehension is common place in many elementary classrooms, actuallly teaching techniques that support  comprehension is much less common (Gill, 2011). In this section, teachers have shared activities and techniques to use with students to support building reading comprehension not just assessing it.

What is Comprehension?

According to Lesaux and Carr (2024, p.3), comprehension can be described as “the complex process and ultimate goal of reading that involves constructing meaning from and interpreting texts.”

We hope you’ll find many engaging ideas to support comprehension in your elementary classroom.