Options for Comprehension

Representation Comprehension

Activate or Supply Background Knowledge

• Build Background Knowledge
• ABC Summary
• First Line
• Pre Reading
• Anticipation Guide

Highlight Patterns, Critical Features, Big Ideas, and Relationships

• Anchor Charts
• Thinking Maps
• Graphic Organizers
• Interactive Notebooks
• Word Sorts
• Think Alouds
• Summarizing
• Examples/Non-examples

Guide Information Process and Visualization

• KWL Chart
• Cognitive Processing Strategies
• Information Processing
• Fixing the Fuzziness
• QAR Strategy
• Save the Last Word
• Sketch to Stretch
• Annotation

Maximize Transfer and Generalizations

• Graphic Organizers
• Visual Imagery
• Mnemonic Strategies
• Writing Checklists