60 Strategies For Improving Reading Comprehension In Grades K 8

Author : Kathleen Feeney Jonson
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483360954
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 60 Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension in Grades K-8 written by Kathleen Feeney Jonson and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-12-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ready-to-use tool kit of fun and functional strategies, based on the National Reading Panel Report, helps teach the most difficult piece of the reading process: comprehension.

Author : Kathleen Feeney Jonson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741702323
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sixty Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension in Grades K-8 written by Kathleen Feeney Jonson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides teachers with a ready-to-use toolkit of tried-and-true learning strategies designed to actively engage students in cognitive processes, including predicting, visualising, making inferences, monitoring, synthesising and summarising.

Author : Bill Honig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1629140090
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Our Children to Read written by Bill Honig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of effective teaching practices have continued to validate the need for explicit and systematic instruction in basic reading skills, and Bill Honig uses this research to shed new light on an old problem—how to help all students become fluent readers. Teaching Our Children to Read grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their success in the classroom. This book explores current research from the leading experts in the field, and presents new instructional strategies that bring all students to higher levels of literacy. Highlights from Teaching Our Children to Read include: • Phonics instruction and fluency • Connected practice with decodable text • Multisyllabic word instruction • Spelling, vocabulary, and concept development • Strategic reading, book discussions, and text organization • Literacy benchmarks, assessment, and intervention This is an essential resource for educators, administrators, policymakers, and parents concerned about how to successfully teach our children to read. Teaching Our Children to Read points the way to implementing the best research-based practices in adopting reading materials, training teachers, and providing the necessary school leadership.

Author : Judy Tilton Brunner
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1610486145
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Now I Get It! written by Judy Tilton Brunner and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literacy, differentiated instruction, student engagement and academic achievement continue to be hot topics for educators, parents, legislators, and government officials. Now I Get It! Differentiate, Engage, and Read for Deeper Meaning is a practical, easy to use resource for classroom teachers, literacy coaches, school administrators and post secondary instructors. Parents will also find the information helpful as they assist their children with homework and support for reading comprehension. 21st century educators want ideas that are hands-on and with applicability in all types of classrooms. This book provides both. The strategies included in the text have been carefully considered for ease of use, utility in terms of differentiation, and simplicity of format. Each has been evaluated according to Bloom’s Taxonomy and specific suggestions for differentiating and supporting with technology has been included. The book can be read cover to cover, ‘on the run’, or as a resource in response to a specific, expressed need by teaching staff.

Author : Judy Tilton Brunner
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 147580119X
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing What Works written by Judy Tilton Brunner and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2013-01-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing What Works: Literacy Strategies for the Next Level will assist educators as they support students in the mastery of vocabulary, comprehension, and study skills required by the Common Core State Standards. All strategies have been carefully selected based on their ease of use, utility in terms of scaffolding, differentiation, and simplicity of format. Judy Tilton Brunner designed this key sourcebook for educators who need or want to cultivate their students’ vocabulary development, reading comprehension, note taking, and general study skills. Doing What Works provides practical, effective, and research-based strategies to help students remember and understand what they read at the highest levels of cognition: layering of texts, close reading, collaborating, using a variety of sources, teaching uncommon vocabulary, and posing text-dependent. By incorporating these teaching strategies into classroom instruction, educators will teach with purpose, and students will learn with independence.

Author : Kathleen Jonson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628735163
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Elementary Teacher's Handbook written by Kathleen Jonson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elementary school provides foundational development and education for students, and there is much that a new teacher must consider when taking on the responsibility of shaping young minds. In The New Elementary Teacher’s Handbook, veteran educators give first-year teachers a multitude of classroom-tested strategies for those critical first days of school. New teachers need just as much guidance as students in order for everyone to come away with a valuable learning experience. This authoritative handbook gives teachers practical and thorough instruction on: · Organizing the classroom and preparing engaging and effective lesson plans · Teaching using technology and the Internet · Dealing with difficult parents and conducting conferences · Motivating students and increasing positive interactions · Balancing personal and professional matters With resources, samples, templates, homework contracts, strategies, checklists, and proven solutions to everyday challenges, this book shows teachers how to turn their plans into effective strategies in the classroom. Rest assured that you are not alone, and you will succeed!

Author : Lori G. Wilfong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317936884
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nonfiction Strategies That Work written by Lori G. Wilfong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers are being bombarded with ideas for teaching nonfiction, but what really works? In this essential book, dynamic author Lori G. Wilfong describes ten best practices for teaching nonfiction and how to implement them in the classroom. She also points out practices that should be avoided, helping you figure out which strategies to ditch and which to embrace. Topics covered include... Finding quality, differentiated texts to teach content Selecting support strategies with purpose Providing students with a range of scaffolds for effective summary writing Purposely selecting vocabulary words to support content learning Working with students to develop strategies to cite textual evidence Using text structure as both a reading and writing tool for analyzing nonfiction And much more! Every chapter begins with an engaging scenario and ends with action steps to help you get started. The book also contains tons of handy templates that you can reproduce and use in your own classroom.

Author : Kathleen Feeney Jonson
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452294038
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being an Effective Mentor written by Kathleen Feeney Jonson and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition provides information on stages of teacher development, professional growth, assessment of student work, mentors within teacher induction programs, and components of successful mentoring initiatives.

Author : Lois A. Lanning
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452209456
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8 written by Lois A. Lanning and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help struggling readers succeed by teaching four research-based comprehension strategies with sample lessons and a gradual-release approach leading to student-directed learning.

Author : Peter Westwood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134118899
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs written by Peter Westwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.