Comprehension-The Goal of Reading - Part I

Our most recent Blogs at Linguistic Foundations have focused on some of the Language Skills and Cognitive-Thinking Abilities that are a fundamental part of the Reading and Writing Process.
 
Language Skills                                                       
    *Phonological Awareness (Oct.29th, Nov 13th  & Dec 12th)                         
    *Vocabulary                                      
    *Knowledge of Sentences                         
    *Comprehension
    *Higher-level Language
 
Cognitive Abilities
    *Retrieval (March 19th)
    *Working Memory (April 8th) 
    *Organizational Skills
 
This Blog will begin to address Comprehension. Of course, Comprehension is THE goal of Reading. The reason we read is to understand. And as a parent or teacher, we want to know a child’s strengths and weaknesses in this area, so we can teach her most effectively. 

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