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Reading: Comprehension

Teaching Comprehension to Build Strong Readers

Target Grade Level:  K-5, 6-8.


Components of a successful program of comprehension instruction

Sleep better knowing your students will comprehend at higher and deeper levels! Participants will be introduced to a balanced approach to teaching literacy as well as a framework for understanding success and difficulty in reading. Six key comprehension strategies will be presented and practiced and the components of a successful program of comprehension instruction with the goal of developing effective readers will be discussed.


Presented by: Ann Stewart



Additional Comprehension Topics
Comprehension Strategies
Questioning, a Strategy to Promote Engaged Readers
Book Clubs/Literature Circles
The Ultimate In-Class Training Guide to Strategy Instruction
Teaching Comprehension to Build Strong Readers
Spotlight on Comprehension (K-6)
Revisit, Reflect, Retell
Tools for Tapping In: Spotlight on Comprehension
Many Ways of Knowing: Using the Arts to Deepen Understanding
Did You Say "I Don't Have Time For the Arts?" (K-8)
Have You Ever Thought About Comprehension Scaffolding with Poetry? (K-8)
Strengthening Comprehension with The Super Six Comprehension Strategies
"What did that say?"
Inspiring Brilliant Reading and Creating ACTIVE Readers
Creating an ACTIVE Reading Workshop at the Elementary Grades (K-5)
Going Visual – Understanding the Link Between Comprehending What We See and Reading Instruction
Creating Strategic ACTIVE Readers at the Middle and High School
Building Literacy through Oral Interpretation, Drama, and Storytelling
Habits of Highly Effective Readers: Six Key Comprehension Strategies and How to Teach Them Grades 2-8
What a Question! How QAR, Question Cubes and I Wonders Support Reading for Meaning Grades 2-8
Reading Between the LinesÉTeaching Students to Make Inferences Grades 2-8