Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement

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Author : Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9781571104816
Edition : 2
Number of Pages : 339
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 2007-05
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers

ASIN : 157110481X

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Customer Reviews

A Must for Reading Teachers (2003-11-05)

This is an awesome book! If you want to really help students improve in reading, then you've got to have it. I teach LD students, and I have seen the biggest difference in the level of comprehension among my students since I have started using the strategies outlined in the book. If you haven't read it, you will wonder how you ever taught reading without it!

Not Bad, With Some Good Information (2002-12-04)

I found this book very useful for teaching reading in my small groups. The authors give some good ideas for classroom teachers to use "authentic literature" in order to teach reading comprehension which can include newspapers and magazines. The appendices are worth the price of the book. The only reason I downgraded it a bit is the authors could have done away with some of the whole language rhetoric about traditional basals and basic skills being "boring." This is nonsensical and detracts somewhat from the general usefulness of the book.

Great support for literacy instruction! (2002-11-05)

This is the best book I have yet read on teaching reading to middle and upper grades. If you are new to balanced literacy, this is a must-have! Even experienced teachers will find it to be a useful resource book. It is filled with strategies that will help you go from whole-class novel studies or basals into smaller, guided reading groups. This book goes beyond Mosaic of Thought to give wonderfully explicit details on strategies you can use in your classroom. I heartily recommend it to middle and upper grade teachers.

Teach Reading for Meaning Effectively in your Classoom (2002-08-23)

For every teacher who has ever been overwhelmed at the idea of "teaching reading" to students, Strategies that Work-Teaching Comprehension to enhance Understanding, is a book for you. The authors, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, tackle the enormous task of illustrating what teaching students to read for understanding can look like in the classroom setting. The book discusses five comprehension strategies that are vital for creating meaning from text: Making Connections; Questioning; Visualizing and inferring; Determining Importance in Text; and Synthesizing Information. What separates this book from others you may have read is the actual classroom application that the authors offer readers. Any teacher who reads this book will begin to understand how these strategies can be implemented into his/her own classroom practices. This is an invaluable tool for any teacher regardless of grade level.

"Yes, this one is worth the time!" (2002-08-22)

Elemenatary teachers: READ THIS BOOK! I know, I know! ANOTHER book about teaching strategies! Haven't we (as teachers) read enough? The answer is no if you want to improve/create your reading program! I have taught 6th grade for 7 years and I was always unhappy with my reading programs. To add to my frustration, I began to support new teachers in the BTSA program who desperatly needed my help in creating an effective reading program for their classroom. Fortunately, my school decided to reorganize our instruction to focus on Guided Reading. That is when I found this book! Strategies that work is not just another list of strategies that need to be taught. It SHOWS you how to plan and implement lessons that will engage children and teach reading comprehension strategies. My favorite chapter was 8 beacuse it specifically dealt with inferring and this is an important piece for 6th graders in reading and writing. Don't worry - it's an easy read that IS worth your time. Don't let the title lull you into thinking it is just another "teacher text". Side Bar: Try to read it with another teacher, the discussions you will have will be invaluable!!!

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