Creative Teaching Press Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers

In order to be effective, reading comprehension strategies need to be taught directly. Reading Comprehension presents a step-by-step process in which students learn to apply comprehension strategies to the books they read. Students learn literal, inferential and critical reading comprehension skills as they progress through each unit. By focusing on the genres that are interesting and familiar to the students, specific reading skills are modeled and practiced through the use of a graphic organizer. Reading Comprehension includes: Lessons that present direct explanation, modeled instruction, guided practice and student application of the reading strategyA graphic organizer that helps students organize information found in the textGrade-level appropriate literature suggestions and sample stories for a variety of genresStrategies that includes reteaching and extension suggestionsA fun, hands-on culminating unit project combines the learned strategies with art and writingReading Comprehension provides the tools you need to apply and improve reading comprehension strategies and assist your students as they become fluent readers. Contains 96 pages.