Reading Comprehension Strategies Flashcards

Grade 1 · English · Flashcards

Practice key reading strategies and vocabulary with these flashcards.

Flashcards

prediction: A guess about what will happen next using story clues
retell: Tell the story again in your own words from beginning to end
Who?: One of the five W's — asks about a person or character in the story
What?: One of the five W's — asks about the main event or problem
Where?: One of the five W's — asks about the setting or location
When?: One of the five W's — asks about the time the story takes place
Why?: One of the five W's — asks about the reason something happens
connection: Linking a story to your own life, another book, or the world
visualize: Picture in your mind what the author is describing
main idea: The most important point the story or passage is making
strategy: A helpful plan for understanding what you read
comprehension: Understanding what you have read
beginning: The first part of a story — where characters and setting are introduced
evidence: Words or sentences from the text that support an answer