Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies

This much-anticipated new edition supports teachers by providing practical guidance based on three core pillars of knowledge: 

• the latest reading comprehension research
• extensive classroom experience
• research-based practice.

The resource includes: 

• An explanation of each strategy and how it supports comprehension
• The language to use when teaching a strategy
• Guided and independent student activities that support teaching of the strategy.

Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies contains detailed step-by-step guidance on how to introduce and teach the following strategies:

• Activating prior knowledge
• Self-monitoring
• Predicting
• Questioning
• Making connections
• Visualising
• Inferring
• Summarising
• Synthesising
• Skimming
• Scanning.

The resource also includes a section on building vocabulary knowledge. An extensive range of teacher and student-friendly support material is available from the eBook, including a huge range of activities, blackline masters, posters and more. This resource is suitable for primary/elementary and intermediate/middle school teachers. 

Download the detailed table of contents from Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies, 2nd Edition

Preview 'Section 1: Key information' - pages 7-8

Preview 'Questioning: Strategy check-up' - page 73

Reader+ is the home of your eBooks. It gives you more options, more flexibility and more control when it comes to the classroom materials you use. It comes with features like in-text note taking, bookmarking, highlighting, interactive videos, audio tools, presentation tools and more. 

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