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Comprehension: Acquiring strategies to understand, remember and communicate what is read.
Comprehension is defined as "intentional thinking during which meaning is constructed through interactions between text and reader" (Harris & Hodges, 1995)... (continue reading from New Jersey's Reading First Program Grant Application).


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Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-2, from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). An easy-to-use database. Remember: you do not have to fill in all fields in order to search - just put in what you want.

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Music to Build Reading & Language Skills. (Scroll down to the Reading Comprehension section.) Words to say or sing.