Reading Comprehension (Listening Level)

Understanding and interpreting stories and informational texts read aloud by others.

Examples & Achievements

  • Answers who, what, where questions about a story
  • Retells key events from a story in sequence
  • Makes predictions about what will happen next
  • Connects story events to own experiences
  • Identifies the main character and setting
  • Distinguishes between real and make-believe stories

How to Measure

  • Answers 4 out of 5 literal comprehension questions about a read-aloud
  • Retells a story with 3+ key events in correct sequence
  • Makes a logical prediction about what happens next
  • Teaching Strategies GOLD Objective 18 (comprehension of text)
Sources (4)
  • Head Start ELOF
  • Common Core K
  • EYFS
  • Hirsch

8 Exercises

Dialogic Reading — The PEER & CROWD Conversation Tell It Back — Retelling with Story Props Stop and Predict — "What Happens Next?" Story Detective — Who, Where, and What's the Problem? "That's Just Like Me!" — Making Connections Real or Make-Believe? — The Story Sort Wordless Picture Book Storytelling Wonder Walk Through a True Book