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1) What you need to know about reading comprehension & speed, skimming & scanning, reading for pleasure
Author
Series
Publisher
National Textbook Co
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
It's simple: If children don't understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultimately hurts children.
7 Keys to Comprehension is the result of cutting-edge research. It gives parents and teachers—those who aren't already using this valuable program—practical, thoughtful advice about the seven simple thinking...
7 Keys to Comprehension is the result of cutting-edge research. It gives parents and teachers—those who aren't already using this valuable program—practical, thoughtful advice about the seven simple thinking...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Raising an Active Reader explains research on reading aloud with children who are in early elementary school (grades K-3). Upon completion, adults will know how read aloud works for children who are learning to read, and how the ABCs of Active Reading (Ask questions, Build vocabulary, and make Connections) build important reading skills"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaplan Inc.,d/b/a Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Offers to make reading less intimidating by discovering different reading styles, offering preparation advice before reading, discussing how to absorb information from reading material, and advice on finding appropriate books to read."--
Author
Publisher
Maupin House Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"In Guided Highlighted Reading, teachers of grades 4-12 learn an easy and effective text-based strategy that scaffolds all students to return to a complex or difficult text for four different reading purposes. This resource uses prompts not questions to build competency with difficult and complex text for four close-reading purposes for any content area: Reading comprehension Authors craft Tier II vocabulary acquisition Answering multiple-choice questions...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Now that we are completely immersed in the internet and digital devices, our ways of processing language have altered dramatically. In a series of letters, Wolf describes her hopes and concerns about what is happening to the brain as it adapts to digital mediums, illuminating complex ideas with anecdotes...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Nonfiction intrudes into our world and purports to tell the truth. To evaluate that truth, we need students to be sophisticated, skillful, and savvy readers. And that's why Kylene and Bob wrote Reading Nonfiction, a book that presents: 3 big questions that develop the stance needed for attentive reading; 5 signposts that help readers analyze and evaluate the author's craft; and 7 strategies that develop relevance and fix up confusions.--COVER." --...
17) Shocks: 15 startling stories to shock and delight, with exercises for comprehension & enrichment
Author
Publisher
Jamestown Publishers
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
