| Spotlight on Comprehension - Building a Literacy of Thoughtfulness (2004) |
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| Hoyt and an All-Star ensemble of contributors—including Ellin Keene, Tony Stead, Nell Duke, Franki Sibberson, Mike Opitz, David and Yvonne Freeman, Adria Klein, Mary Lee Hahn and Gretchen Owocki—cover the spectrum of comprehension instruction, addressing topics like:
implementing the latest research on reading comprehension into your instruction improving children's comprehension strategies, especially questioning, inferring, and summarizing helping emerging, developing, and second language readers improve their comprehension using writing to build reading comprehension tackling a range of texts and genres across the curriculum, including standardized tests building a robust vocabulary organizing instruction around guided reading, the read aloud, and independent reading. Best yet, Hoyt and her expert contributors include handy tools like checklists, sample lesson plans, book lists, strategy lists, assessment rubrics, and learning extensions that will help you take their ideas and use them in your own classroom immediately. Each chapter even includes Key Questions designed to stimulate personal reflection and support professional conversations or book-study groups. |
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| Original Publication Year | 2004 |