Description
Product ID: | 9781412957274 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8 |
Subtitle: | Small Group Instruction That Improves Comprehension |
Authors: | Author: Lois A. Lanning |
Page Count: | 176 |
Subjects: | Teaching of a specific subject, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills, Educational: English language: reading & writing skills |
Description: | Help struggling readers succeed by teaching four research-based comprehension strategies with sample lessons and a gradual-release approach leading to student-directed learning. "Lanning reduces the long list of skills and strategies found in curriculum documents into four key comprehension strategies, setting out a very workable plan for enhancing reading comprehension." "These four powerful strategies come to the rescue with detailed and engaging lessons and examples for guided reading instruction. The clarity and insight make this book a must-read for elementary and middle school reading specialists and classroom teachers." Focused techniques to help struggling readers strengthen comprehension skills! Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3–8 shows teachers how to support students'' reading comprehension by teaching the strategies that highly effective readers use: summarizing, creating meaningful connections, self-regulating, and inferring. The author examines how, why, and when to use each strategy and what each strategy looks like in practice. The book also covers:
The underlying principles in the book make these powerful strategies relevant for all elementary teachers, literacy coaches, and instructional leaders working to help students learn to read for deep understanding. |
Imprint Name: | Corwin Press Inc |
Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-09-04 |