The 5 Ws and an H: Building Reading Comprehension
11/3/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Make a chart with the five Ws and an H to help young readers build reading comprehension.
Reviewing the five Ws (who, what, where, when and why) and an H (how) after reading a text can improve students' knowledge, understanding and memory of what they just read. This tactic encourages reflection and an analysis of the main idea. Making a chart with the six question words helps students organize these takeaways in a clear format.
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The 5 Ws and an H: Building Reading Comprehension
11/3/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Reviewing the five Ws (who, what, where, when and why) and an H (how) after reading a text can improve students' knowledge, understanding and memory of what they just read. This tactic encourages reflection and an analysis of the main idea. Making a chart with the six question words helps students organize these takeaways in a clear format.
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My daughter, Aubrey, is five years old and we love to read together.
We spend a couple of minutes at the end of each book talking about what we just read.
This helps improve Aubrey's knowledge, understanding and memory of what we read.
Who was this book about?
- Lucy.
- Lucy!
We use a strategy called the five W's and H chart.
It helps Aubrey organize her thoughts, who what, where, when, why, and how.
Sometimes I go a little deeper and ask my daughter why she thinks that.
Where does she go to buy those vegetables?
- To the market.
- To the market.
The W and H chart helps me gauge Aubrey's level of understanding when reading.
And how does she get these back home, Aubrey?
- She rides her choo choo train.
- [Speaker] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literacy skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.