Strategies that work : teaching comprehension for understanding and engagement / Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis. [print]

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Reading is thinking Reading is strategic Effective comprehension instruction: teaching, tone and assessment Tools for active literacy: the nuts and bolts of comprehension instruction Text matters: choice makes a difference Monitoring comprehension: the inner conversation Activating and connecting to background knowledge: a bridge from the new to the known Questioning: the strategy that propels readers forward Visualizing and inferring: making what's implicit explicit Determining importance in text: the nonfiction connection Summarizing and synthesizing information: the evolution of thought Content literacy: reading for understanding in social studies and science Topic studies: a framework for research and exploration Reading to understand textbooks The genre of test reading Appendix A: great books for teaching content in history, social studies, science, music, art, and literacy Appendix B: magazines, newspapers, and websites Appendix C: professional journals for selection of children's books Appendix D: assessment interview with fourth graders Appendix E: anchor charts for the comprehension strategies.

Describes strategies teachers can use to promote reading comprehension in students from kindergarten through eighth grade; and includes examples of student work, illustrations, and other reference tools.

Stephanie Harvey has spent the past thirty five years teaching and learning about reading and writing as an elementary teacher, special ed teacher and staff developer. She currently serves as a literacy consultant to schools and districts throughout the country. Her books include Strategies That Work, Comprehension and Collaboration, and Nonfiction Matters. Additionally, she creates videos and curricular resources for teachers and kids in grades K-12. Insatiably curious about children's thinking, Steph is a teacher first and foremost and works in schools on a regular basis savoring any time spent with kids. She has two grown children and lives in Denver with her husband, escaping to the high country whenever possible to breathe that fresh mountain air.