Comprehension is the understanding of what you read. I like how Frank Smith describes what comprehending is in the text book and he quotes," It is the interaction between the visual information a reader perceives and the nonvisual information that the reader connects to". In other words, every letter, word, and other symbolswe read in a book, our ninds paint a picture of how it would be like or look like. Our imagination kicks in. Our role as a teacher id to find good literature that relate to their interests and experience. Not everything students read suit their interests and so it is important to engage our students into reading to expand their minds. One thing i learned on this chapter is about scaffolding. It is a very supportive teaching tool that enables readers to grow and to make the as independent as possible. The importance of making the child read is to enlarge the reader's vocabulary and word knowledge. When scaffolding, we are getting the feed back of the student to see what they got from the reading. By asking questions or opinions about the reading gets the students involved instead of having the whole focus on the teacher. There are different ways of assessing comprehension listed in the chapter and each are great tools to use. There is no such thing as just one way to do it, but we find different creative ways to to examine the students to see how well they are comprehending. We want to get the attention of the students and not bore them to death. Reading should be fun!