Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies is a step-by-step guide based on the latest reading comprehension research and is the result of Sheena’s learning journey into research-based practice and her experiences teaching in a real classroom.

This book includes information on how to introduce and teach strategies and how they fit into your literacy programme. Each strategy has its own chapter, with:

• an explanation of the strategy and how it supports comprehension
• the language we use when using a strategy
• guided and independent student activities that support teaching the strategy.

There is also an extensive range of teacher- and student-friendly support material, including strategy starter posters, photocopiable masters, bookmarks and certificates.

Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies comes with a CD that provides all photocopy masters and support material in digital format.

CONTENTS

Part One: BACKGROUND 

• Introduction 
• A model for introducing and teaching reading comprehension strategies 
• Creating a supportive classroom environment for strategy teaching 
• Getting started: some frequently asked questions answered 
• Recording the learning process 
• How to use this book 

Part Two: THE KEY STRATEGIES 

• Activating prior knowledge 
• Self-monitoring 
• Predicting 
• Questioning 
• Making connections 
• Visualising 
• Inferring 
• Summarising 
• Synthesising

Other useful strategies 

• Skimming 
• Scanning 
• Adjusting reading rate 
• Evaluating the text 
• Word attack strategies 
• Fix-up strategies 
• Building vocabulary knowledge

• References 
• Acknowledgements

Recommended Digital Specifications

PC

Windows 7 or 8

2G RAM recommended

The latest Adobe Reader. Get the latest version of Adobe Reader here: http://get2.adobe.com/reader/

MAC

OS X.10.2-10.7.5

2G RAM recommended

The latest Adobe Reader. Get the latest version of Adobe Reader here: http://get2.adobe.com/reader/.