Comprehending Comprehension

The Gill article, "The Comprehension Matrix" was a very interesting article.  It detailed on how many resources are available for teachers to use, however, what we often see is the resources collecting dust.  It is very important to remember that new and improved ways of teaching are always out there for teachers to use and we must continually update our information.  Comprehension is one topic that Gill says is extremely difficult.  Comprehension, according to Gill's definition includes schema theory, transactional theory, and constructivist theory.  Gill gives the comprehension matrix as a way to help students with their reading, they include: prereading, during reading activities, and post reading activities.  I really liked the idea of breaking the reading process in to these categories because I believe it makes the teacher address certain concepts in a more intentional way.  Although teaching comprehension can be a difficult task to take on, we can certainly master the task with these types of methods and ultimately have students who comprehend comprehension.