Description
This practitioner resource and course text has given thousands of K-12 teachers evidence-based tools for helping students--particularly those at risk for reading difficulties--understand and acquire new knowledge from text. The authors present a range of scientifically validated instructional techniques and activities, complete with helpful classroom examples and sample lessons. The book describes ways to assess comprehension, build the skills that good readers rely on, and teach students to use multiple comprehension strategies flexibly and effectively. Each chapter features thought-provoking discussion questions. Reproducible lesson plans and graphic organizers can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
New to This Edition
*Chapters on content-area literacy, English language learners, and intensive interventions.
*Incorporates current research on each component of reading comprehension.
*Discusses ways to align instruction with the Common Core State Standards.
*Additional instructional activities throughout.
Chapter
Chapter 1. Overview of Reading Comprehension
How Do the Reading Comprehension Skills of Good and Poor Readers Differ?
To What Degree Do the Foundational Skills of Phonics, Fluency, and Vocabulary Influence Reading Comprehension?
What Is Involved in Reading Comprehension?
Chapter 2. Assessing Reading Comprehension
Limitations of Traditional Comprehension Assessment Procedures
Reading Comprehension Measures
Appendix 2.1. Prompted Think-Aloud
Chapter 3. Vocabulary Instruction
How Does Teaching Vocabulary Facilitate Reading Comprehension?
How Can We Assess and Monitor Vocabulary Learning?
What Are the Best Practices for Promoting Vocabulary Acquisition?
Appendix 3.1. Vocabulary Assessment within Social Studies Instruction
Chapter 4. Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Comprehension
Instructional Practices in Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities
Attending to Text Type and Text Structure
Strategies for Understanding Narrative Text
Reading and Writing Connections
Sample Lesson Plans: Reading Comprehension
Chapter 5. Promoting Content‑Area Literacy
What Is Content‑Area Literacy?
What Is Disciplinary Literacy?
Reading in the Content Areas
Chapter 6. Supporting English Language Learners with Learning Difficulties
Who Are English Language Learners?
Factors That Influence Comprehension for English Language Learners
Differences between Learning to Read in a First or Second Language
Chapter 7. Intensive Interventions for Students with Significant Reading Comprehension Difficulties
How to Accelerate the Progress of Students with Significant Reading Comprehension Problems
Implementing Strategies That Enhance Cognitive Processing
Intensifying Instructional Delivery
Sample Lesson Plan: Self-Regulation and Cognitive Strategies for Reading Comprehension
Sample Lesson Plan: Inference with Sentences
Appendix 7.1. Making Inferences in Science
Chapter 8. Multicomponent Approaches to Strategy Instruction
Transactional Strategies Instruction
Collaborative Strategic Reading
Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties, 2/E
( What Works for Special-Needs Learners )
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