Comprehension

I always have done the standard read-aloud and asked follow up questions.  Most kids could do it independently after a few months of these questions, but not every kid got it.  This year, I accidentally stumbled across something that worked.  I put hand motions with everything for comprehension.  We review them all the time, and we took reminder pictures of the actions to help the kids remember.  I see them using this all the time without even prompting!  I thought I'd share in case in can help anyone with group comprehension skills:

In the beginning, in the middle, in the end (three fingers!)

 Problem and Solution

 Characters and Setting

Connections

Hope you found this helpful!  I love it :)