Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Engagement, Understanding, and Building Knowledge, Grades K-8 (Paperback, 3)

Part I The Foundation of Meaning Chapter 1 Reading Is Thinking Chapter 2 Reading Is Strategic Chapter 3 Comprehension at the Core: Building Knowledge Through Thinking-Intensive Reading Chapter 4 Twenty-First Century Reading: Books and Beyond Chapter 5 Effective Comprehension Instruction: Teaching, Tone, and Assessment Part II Strategy Lessons (For a list of specific lessons, see page vii.) Chapter 6 Instructional Practices for Teaching Comprehension Chapter 7 Monitoring Comprehension: The Inner Conversation Chapter 8 Activating, Connecting, and Building: Why Background Knowledge Matters Chapter 9 Questioning: The Strategy That Propels Readers Forward Chapter 10 Visualizing and Inferring: Making What’s Implicit Explicit Chapter 11 Determining Importance in Text: The Nonfiction Connection Chapter 12 Summarizing and Synthesizing Information: The Evolution of Thought Part III Comprehension Across the Curriculum Chapter 13 Content Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Researching in Science and Social Studies Chapter 14 Researcher’s Workshop: Inquiry Across the Curriculum; Afterword