There’s no magic formula to becoming a good reader—the key is to read, read, read! The more your teen reads, the more their reading comprehension will improve. There are also a number of strategies you can use to help them sharpen their skills.
To see how well your child understands a text, ask if they can do the following:
If your child can’t make connections within a text, remember recent passages, or visualize the story in their mind, they likely don’t understand what they’re reading. There are a number of reading strategies that may help. Below are some of the most common:
We read for all kinds of reasons (to learn, have fun, explore a new genre, understand instructions, etc.). Each type of text should be read using a different strategy. For example, if your teen is reading an informative text, they won’t be identifying and describing characters. Instead, they should focus on answering the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?
There are many other effective strategies for improving high school reading comprehension. Here’s a practical five-step approach:
At the end of the text, your child should have fulfilled their initial reading objectives. A true indication of whether they’ve grasped a text is if they’re able to think critically about it. To help them form an opinion, try asking the following questions:
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