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Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement

Strategies That Work, 2nd Ed Stephanie Harvey 9781571104816
Since its publication in 2000, Strategies That Work has become an indispensable resource for teachers who want to explicitly teach thinking strategies so that students become engaged, thoughtful, independent readers. In this revised and expanded edition, Stephanie and Anne have added twenty completely new comprehension lessons, extending the scope of the book and exploring the central role that activating background knowledge plays in understanding. Another major addition is the inclusion of a section on content literacy which describes how to apply comprehension strategies flexibly across the curriculum. The new edition is organized around four sections: Part I highlights what comprehension is and how to teach it, including the principles that guide practice, a review of recent research, and a new section on assessment. A new chapter, Tools for Active Literacy: The Nuts and Bolts of Comprehension Instruction, describes ways to engage students in purposeful talk through interactive read alouds, guided discussion and written response. Part II contains lessons and practices for teaching comprehension. A new first chapter emphasizes the importance of teaching students to monitor their understanding before focusing on specific strategies. Five lessons on monitoring provide a sound basis for launching comprehension instruction. At the end of each strategy chapter, the authors outline learning goals and ways to assess students' thinking, sharing examples of student work, and offering suggestions for differentiating instruction. Part III, Comprehension Across the Curriculum is new. Comprehension strategies are essential for content-area reading, where information can be challenging, and presented in unfamiliar formats. This section includes chapters on social studies and science reading, topic study research, textbook reading and the genre of test reading. Part IV shows that kids need books they can sink their teeth into and the updated appendix section recommends a rich diet of fiction and nonfiction, short text, kid's magazines, websites and journals that will assist teachers as they plan and design comprehension instruction Through its focus on instruction that is responsive to kids' interests and learning needs, the first edition of Strategies That Work helped transform comprehension instruction for teachers across the country. For them, this new edition will be a welcome extension of that work. Those coming to it for the first time will find a current and essential resource. When readers use these strategies, they enjoy a more complete, thoughtful reading experience. Engagement is the goal. When kids are engaged in their reading they enhance their understanding, acquire knowledge, and learn from and remember what they read. And best yet, they will want to read more! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reviews -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the Authors In addition to Strategies That Work, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis have collaborated on numerous Stenhouse videos for teachers outlining effective reading and thinking strategies. Anne has been a classroom teacher, staff developer and adjunct professor. Steph has spent her career teaching and learning about reading and writing as an elementary and special education teacher and staff developer. She is the author of Nonfiction Matters (Stenhouse 1998). Together Anne and Steph recently created The Comprehension Toolkit, (Heinemann 2005), a practical resource for comprehension instruction. Insatiably curious about kids' thinking, they are teachers first and foremost and spend much of their time working with schools and districts to implement progressive literacy practices. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related Titles TITLES WITH SIMILAR CONTENTS OTHER TITLES BY THE AUTHOR Nonfiction Matters Strategy Instruction in Action (VHS) Strategic Thinking (VHS) Think Nonfiction! (VHS) Read, Write, and Talk (VHS) Reading the World (VHS) Reading the World (DVD) Read, Write, and Talk (DVD) Strategic Thinking (DVD) Strategy Instruction in Action (DVD) Think Nonfiction! (DVD)
9781571104816
  • Title:Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement, 2nd Edition
  • Author:Stephanie Harvey
  • Publishing House:Stenhouse
  • Publication Date:May 2007
  • ISBN-13:9781571104816
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