4 powerful strategies for struggling readers, grades 3-8 : small group instruction that improves comprehension / Lois A. Lanning ; foreword by Joseph Yukish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lanning, Lois A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Reading comprehension.

Reading (Elementary).

Effective teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 157 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Four powerful strategies for struggling readers, grades 3-8

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press ; [Newark, Del.?] : International Reading Association, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sorting through the myriad of reading strategies and skills listed in state standards, local curricula, basal readers, and professional publications, the author here identifies and emphasizes four 'power strategies' worth spending time teaching when the goal is understanding text: summarizing, making meaningful connections, self-regulating, and inferring.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1 - Foundations; 2 - Gradual Release to Accelerate Progress; 3 - Putting the Strategies Into Practice; 4 - Putting the Strategies Into Practice; 5 - Putting the Strategies Into Practice; 6 - Putting the Strategies Into Practice; 7 - Conclusion; Glossary: Defining Terms: Are We Speaking the Same Language?; Appendix 1: Thinking About How We Use Strategies to Comprehend; Appendix 2: Lesson Observation Form; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781452280523

1452280525

9781452209456

1452209456

9781412957267

1412957265

OCLC:

811490191