300 Writing Prompts: Learning
- Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jun 6
- 1 min read
What do you think is the most important thing for today's kids to learn in school?
READING COMPREHENSION.
As a college professor and former standardized test grader, I've seen many different ages and grade levels, and what they have in common is the inability to make sense of what they have been reading.
It is absolutely frustrating to answer questions when the answer is literally in the document in their hand or in Canvas. They just have to read. They don't.
Students cannot identify the main idea of a text, or where to find evidence in the text that supports that idea.
And from my experience as a published novelist, from skimming reviews I can also tell you that in some of them, the reading comprehension just isn't there and reviewers have invented stuff that never happened, or missed the point entirely.
It's not enough to be able to read--to sound the words out with your voice or your mind--you need to understand what has been written.
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