Comprehension & Genres

Meet the comprehension needs of older striving readers with information in these articles.

Poetry Love!

Reading and writing poetry is essential for our struggling readers. It may be a “forgotten genre” in the academic standards, but its use in literacy

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colorful yarn tied around lightbulb shape to illustrate nonfiction text structure understanding an idea

Nonfiction Text Structures

Understanding the relationship of ideas in text Beginning Early Older students have been learning the underlying concepts necessary to understand nonfiction text structures for years.

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the word plot typed on vintage typewriter in traditional font used as a header on a blog about different plot diagrams and lines

Plot Diagrams and Lines

Why the hats, mountains, and roller coasters don’t tell the whole story Earliest Stories Our youngest children, from birth to kindergarten, often experience stories told

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