Shanda Vankirk

EDUC 342
6/10/14

APA reference
Gregory, A. E. & Cahill, M. A. (2010). Kindergartners can do it, too! Comprehension strategies
for early readers. The Reading Teacher, 63(6), 515-520.
Main Idea
This article discusses how a particular kindergarten teacher teaches her students about the
different comprehension strategies.
Supporting Details
Assign specific hand symbols for each strategy type and teach them to your students to
use during grand conversations.
Velcro Theory- When we get a new piece of information, its easier to remember it if
we can stick it onto something thats already in our heads.
Making mind movies= Visualization
Teachers make anchor charts for reach strategy based on the students responses
Comprehension strategies, do work in classrooms of younger students, as the
kindergartners.

Reflection
I really enjoyed this article! It had a lot of new ideas that I can incorporate into my future
classroom. For example, the hand symbols that are used in grand conversations will be very
helpful because I will already know what strategy my students are using before they are called
on. The anchor charts are also another idea that I will use in my future classroom to teach my
students about each strategy and how they can use it in their reading.