Painless Reading Comprehension - Darolyn “Lyn” Jones Ed.D. 2016

How do you connect with the words?
Decoding versus reading

Reading is like a jigsaw puzzle. Now, some of you are probably saying, “No kidding, it’s a puzzle I can’t always find the pieces to!” To put a puzzle together, you first need to find the edge pieces and lay them down. They are the easiest to find because of their shape. Then, you need to work your way inward, studying the colors and shapes on the individual pieces and fitting together colors and shapes with similar colors and shapes. When you read, you first need to read the text in parts and then read it as a whole. In other words, you must break it down and then put the pieces together. In the remainder of this chapter, you will learn strategies for how to do just that!