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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785735903321

Autore

Lanning Lois A

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Corwin, 2009

ISBN

1-4522-8052-5

1-4522-0945-6

1-4129-5726-5

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

372.47

Soggetti

Reading comprehension - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Reading comprehension

Reading (Elementary)

Effective teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.