Shannon and Mary wrestle with understanding the nature of the comprehension process.  They discuss ideas from the Blueprint for Reading Comprehension and Executive Skills and Comprehension to understand the different cognitive processes and executive functioning required for students to extract and construct meaning from texts.RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODEthe Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Hennessy *Amazon affiliate linkExecutive Skills and Reading Comprehension: A Guide for Educators by Kelly B. Cartwright *Amazon affiliate linkA Blueprint for Reading Comprehension webinar recordingA Comprehension Checkup webinar recordingexcerpt from Chapter 1: the Reading Comprehension BlueprintThe Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction by Nell DukeWebinar and other info from Nell Duke Reading Comprehension OrchestraHow do we teach the Language Comprehension strand of Scarborough's Reading Rope?Don't Stop Teaching Comprehension-Just Embed it In Context (Natalie Wexler)Does text structure instruction improve reading comprehension?Reading for Meaning: Teaching RubricThe Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension: A Critical Review Reading Rockets: Comprehension 101Micro Comprehension AmplifyCohesive devicesCommon Lit CurriculumIdaho Comprehension RoutinesShanahan blog:  Knowledge or Comprehension Strategies?Support the showGet Literacy Support through our Patreon