Comprehension
This section contains resources to support comprehension.
On Scarborough’s Reading Rope, “Language Comprehension” is made up of “Vocabulary Knowledge”, “Background Knowledge”, “Language Structures”, “Literacy Knowledge”, and “Verbal Reasoning”.
Related Curriculum Expectations:
C2 - Comprehension Strategies
C3 - Critical Thinking in Literacy
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Text Sets
No More Strategy of the Week
This resource features complimentary text sets for Science and Social Studies for grades 1 - 8.
Text sets are designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of a topic through the exploration of multiple genres, formats, and perspectives.
All texts are organized for each grade by strand and include direct links to read alouds and resources when available.
Text Sets
Click here to learn more about creating text sets and how to implement them in the classroom.
This resource also includes links to sites full of valuable texts that you can use as part of your own text set.
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Content Library
We’ve moved beyond introducing comprehension strategies in isolation. Instead, we need to focus on using texts to drive instruction, so students strengthen their comprehension and build meaning as they read.
The texts we select should drive instruction rather than the strategy itself.
“No More ‘Strategy of the Week’” is a rich resource full of information to help you select texts, build text sets around topics and make the most of your reading instruction time by careful and thoughtful planning.
Put those LLI books to good use with this content library document that can help repurpose LLI texts into curriculum-based text sets.
Complementary Text Set Resource
Click here to access a Grade 2 French Immersion text set created by DSB1 teacher Jessica Huot.
Using AI To Create Texts
Having trouble finding texts for a text set? Try AI!
This resource walks you through how to prompt and instruct AI efficiently so it can generate exactly what you are looking for.
Comprehension Resources
Dive deeper into vocabulary, word study, close reading, questioning, and more by checking out DSB1’s very own podcast, Reading Deeply: Fueling the Brain.
Centered around the text Know Better, Do Better by David and Meredith Liben, each episode features a guest speaker and examples of how to put the Science of Reading into classroom practice.
All episodes of the podcast can be accessed here and each episode features a guest speaker and examples of how to put the Science of Reading into practice.
Close Reading
Reading Deeply: Fueling the Brain Podcast
Podcast Resources
Click here to learn how to use close reading to build and support comprehension.
Click here to access the resources mentioned in each episode.
Lens On Literacy
These issues of Lens On Literacy highlight comprehension instruction practices.
Read Alouds
Read Aloud
Planning Template
Use this template to plan your read aloud lessons!
These resources include 5-day lesson plans that go with rich read aloud texts. Each resource is available in both English and French.
Primary/Junior Read Alouds
This resource from OnLit is designed for Kindergarten and Grade 1 classrooms and features 10 lessons about important Canadians, complete with read alouds and comprehension activities.
K - 2 Read Alouds & Resources
English
Click here to access a variety of read aloud lessons categorized by a variety of themes.
Important Canadians Unit (K/1)
French
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