Successful Strategies For Reading In The Content Areas Grades 1 2

Improve content-area reading with a variety of strategies and a wealth of information to help readers in Grades 1-2 improve their comprehension of nonfiction text. This book includes essential reading skills and strategies grouped into 8 categories including: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Infer Meaning, Ask Questions, Determine Importance, Visualize, Summarize and Synthesize, and Developing Vocabulary. All of the skills and strategies are covered by providing practical teaching guidelines as well as motivating learner activities. The included Resource CD features graphic organizers and activities pages that can be reproduced and modified. 280pp. + Resource CD

Improve content-area reading with a variety of strategies and a wealth of information to help readers in Grades 1-2 improve their comprehension of nonfiction text. This book includes essential reading skills and strategies grouped into 8 categories including: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Infer Meaning, Ask Questions, Determine Importance, Visualize, Summarize and Synthesize, and Developing Vocabulary. All of the skills and strategies are covered by providing practical teaching guidelines as well as motivating learner activities. The included ZIP file features graphic organizers and activities pages that can be reproduced and modified. 280pp.

To be successful, students must be able to comprehend the nonfiction material they encounter in textbooks, reference materials, and testing situations. The ability to interpret nonfiction information depends on the development of several key skills and strategies: Main Idea/Supporting Details Using Text Organizers Summarizing/Paraphrasing Using Parts of the Book Developing Vocabulary Making Inferences Prior Knowledge/Making Connections Setting the Purpose Author's Point of View Questioning Structural Patterns Visualizing This systematic approach to reading instruction, coupled with repeated exposure to a wide variety of nonfiction reading materials, provides a structure in which students can achieve significant growth. Each book has a CD with graphic organizers (for use with Inspiration ) and activity templates (for use with Microsoft Word ).

Improve content-area reading with a variety of strategies and a wealth of information to help readers in Grades 3-5 improve their comprehension of nonfiction text. This book includes essential reading skills and strategies grouped into 8 categories including: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Infer Meaning, Ask Questions, Determine Importance, Visualize, Summarize and Synthesize, and Developing Vocabulary. All of the skills and strategies are covered by providing practical teaching guidelines as well as motivating learner activities. The included Resource CD features graphic organizers and activities pages that can be reproduced and modified. 280pp. + Resource CD

Three books containing a variety of reading strategies that will help increase comprehension. Some strategies include purpose questions, predicting, previewing, anticipation guides, webbing, writing before reading, etc.

Improve content-area reading with a variety of strategies and a wealth of information to help readers in Grades Pre-K-K improve their comprehension of nonfiction text. This book includes essential reading skills and strategies grouped into 8 categories including: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Infer Meaning, Ask Questions, Determine Importance, Visualize, Summarize and Synthesize, and Developing Vocabulary. All of the skills and strategies are covered by providing practical teaching guidelines as well as motivating learner activities. The included Resource CD features graphic organizers and activities pages that can be reproduced and modified. 272pp. + Resource CD

Improve content-area reading with a variety of strategies and a wealth of information to help readers in Grades 3-5 improve their comprehension of nonfiction text. This book includes essential reading skills and strategies grouped into 8 categories including: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Infer Meaning, Ask Questions, Determine Importance, Visualize, Summarize and Synthesize, and Developing Vocabulary. All of the skills and strategies are covered by providing practical teaching guidelines as well as motivating learner activities. The included ZIP file features graphic organizers and activities pages that can be reproduced and modified. 280pp.

Three books containing a variety of reading strategies that will help increase comprehension. Some strategies include purpose questions, predicting, previewing, anticipation guides, webbing, writing before reading, etc.