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Reading Comprehension : Strategies for Independent Learners.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Guilford Publications, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781606230589
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 372.47
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Front Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Learning about Comprehension from Good Readers -- Meet Our Readers -- A Look at These Readers -- Looking to the Future -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 2. A Closer Look at Comprehension -- Comprehension Is Motivated and Purposeful -- Comprehension Is a Process That Is Constructive -- Comprehension Is Skillful and Strategic -- Comprehension Is Self-Monitored and Self-Regulated -- Putting It All Together: The Teacher's Instructional Role -- Chapter 3. Creating an Effective Classroom for Comprehension Instruction -- Space -- Materials for Instructional and Independent Reading -- Time and Curricular Components -- Patterns for Work and Learning: Organization for Instruction -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 4. Finding a Starting Point -- The Classroom Fluency Snapshot -- Matching Students with Materials -- Using Questions and Retellings for Comprehension Assessment -- Think-Alouds: "Online" Monitoring -- Rubrics for Comprehension -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 5. Strategies for Reading for Information -- A Personal Example -- Developing Students' Engagement with Informational Texts -- Strategies for Active Reading of Informational Text -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 6. Strategies for Reading Fiction -- Teachers as Model Readers -- Scaffolding to Develop Students' Engagement in Reading -- Developing the Joy of Literature Discussion -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 7. Strategies for Vocabulary Development -- Starting with Students: Vocabulary for Many Purposes -- Developing Word Awareness -- Developing General Vocabulary Knowledge -- Developing Content and Academic Vocabulary -- Developing Independent Strategies -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 8. Strategies for Engaging in Research.
Examples of Teachers and Students Engaging in Active Research -- Developing Students' Researching Skills -- Teaming with the School Librarian/Media Specialist -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 9. Strategies for Performing Tasks, Studying, and Taking Tests -- Reading to Perform Tasks -- Reading to Learn: Studying and Test Taking -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 10. Strategies That Encourage Lifelong Reading -- What Lifelong Readers Are Like -- How Teachers and Schools Develop Lifelong Readers -- Putting It All Together -- References -- Index.
Summary: This practical resource and widely used text presents a wealth of research-based approaches to comprehension instruction. The authors offer specific classroom practices that help K-9 students compare and evaluate print and online sources, develop vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated readers.
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Intro -- Front Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Learning about Comprehension from Good Readers -- Meet Our Readers -- A Look at These Readers -- Looking to the Future -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 2. A Closer Look at Comprehension -- Comprehension Is Motivated and Purposeful -- Comprehension Is a Process That Is Constructive -- Comprehension Is Skillful and Strategic -- Comprehension Is Self-Monitored and Self-Regulated -- Putting It All Together: The Teacher's Instructional Role -- Chapter 3. Creating an Effective Classroom for Comprehension Instruction -- Space -- Materials for Instructional and Independent Reading -- Time and Curricular Components -- Patterns for Work and Learning: Organization for Instruction -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 4. Finding a Starting Point -- The Classroom Fluency Snapshot -- Matching Students with Materials -- Using Questions and Retellings for Comprehension Assessment -- Think-Alouds: "Online" Monitoring -- Rubrics for Comprehension -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 5. Strategies for Reading for Information -- A Personal Example -- Developing Students' Engagement with Informational Texts -- Strategies for Active Reading of Informational Text -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 6. Strategies for Reading Fiction -- Teachers as Model Readers -- Scaffolding to Develop Students' Engagement in Reading -- Developing the Joy of Literature Discussion -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 7. Strategies for Vocabulary Development -- Starting with Students: Vocabulary for Many Purposes -- Developing Word Awareness -- Developing General Vocabulary Knowledge -- Developing Content and Academic Vocabulary -- Developing Independent Strategies -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 8. Strategies for Engaging in Research.

Examples of Teachers and Students Engaging in Active Research -- Developing Students' Researching Skills -- Teaming with the School Librarian/Media Specialist -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 9. Strategies for Performing Tasks, Studying, and Taking Tests -- Reading to Perform Tasks -- Reading to Learn: Studying and Test Taking -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 10. Strategies That Encourage Lifelong Reading -- What Lifelong Readers Are Like -- How Teachers and Schools Develop Lifelong Readers -- Putting It All Together -- References -- Index.

This practical resource and widely used text presents a wealth of research-based approaches to comprehension instruction. The authors offer specific classroom practices that help K-9 students compare and evaluate print and online sources, develop vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated readers.

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