Teaching reading comprehension : the what, the how, the why /
Dymock, Susan J.,
Teaching reading comprehension : the what, the how, the why / Susan Dymock and Tom Nicholson. - vi, 212 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Accompanied by companion CD-ROM which contains the texts and lesson plans for easy display or printing. "High 5! 1. Activating background knowledge-- 2. Questioning --3. Analysing text structure --4.Creating mental images -- 5. Summarising" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- What is reading comprehension? -- Assessing reading comprehension in the era of national standards -- The importance of the code in comprehension -- Vocabulary and reading comprehension -- Research on comprehension strategy instruction -- Connecting to background (or prior) knowledge -- Once upon a time -- teaching about narrative text structure -- Did you know that? -- teaching about the structure-- Teaching students how to ask and answer questions, image and summarise -- Jumping to conclusions, the importance of inference -- Figurative language and how it contributes to reading comprehension. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1927151260 9781927151266
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Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Elementary)--New Zealand
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Teaching reading comprehension : the what, the how, the why / Susan Dymock and Tom Nicholson. - vi, 212 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Accompanied by companion CD-ROM which contains the texts and lesson plans for easy display or printing. "High 5! 1. Activating background knowledge-- 2. Questioning --3. Analysing text structure --4.Creating mental images -- 5. Summarising" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- What is reading comprehension? -- Assessing reading comprehension in the era of national standards -- The importance of the code in comprehension -- Vocabulary and reading comprehension -- Research on comprehension strategy instruction -- Connecting to background (or prior) knowledge -- Once upon a time -- teaching about narrative text structure -- Did you know that? -- teaching about the structure-- Teaching students how to ask and answer questions, image and summarise -- Jumping to conclusions, the importance of inference -- Figurative language and how it contributes to reading comprehension. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1927151260 9781927151266
NZCER Distribution Services, PO Box 3237, Wellington 6140, N.Z.
Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Elementary)--New Zealand
372.47