Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index
Contents:
Reading is thinking Reading is strategic Effective comprehension instruction: teaching, tone, and assessment Tools for active literacy: the nuts and bolts of comprehension instruction Text matters: choice makes a difference Monitoring comprehension: the inner conversation Activating and connecting to background knowledge: a bridge from the new to the known Questioning: the strategy that propels readers forward Visualizing and inferring: making what's implicit explicit Determining importance in text: the nonfiction connection Summarizing and synthesizing information: the evolution of thought Content literacy: reading for understanding in social studies and science Topic studies: a framework for research and exploration Reading to understand textbooks The genre of test reading Appendix A: great books for teaching content in history, social studies, science, music, art, and literacy Appendix B: magazines, newspapers, and websites Appendix C: professional journals for selection of children's books Appendix D: assessment interview with fourth graders Appendix E: Anchor charts for the comprehension strategies
