Comprehension Shouldn't be Silent: From Strategy Instruction to Student IndependenceLearn how to strengthen your students’ comprehension and increase their motivation to read independently by nurturing meaningful talk about reading. This book is packed with information, ideas, and step-by-step implementation tactics to help you teach your elementary-grade students to use metacognitive strategies such as predicting, making connections, questioning, visualizing, and summarizing while they read and discuss texts. The following new pieces enhance this revised and updated bestseller:
Throughout each chapter are classroom transcripts that illustrate solid teacher scaffolding and classroom discussion, as well as student samples that demonstrate deep learning. Strategy chapters present numerous activities you can use to teach the individual components of each metacognitive strategy. Plus, the book offers a vast collection of reproducibles and graphic organizers you can use immediately in your classroom. |