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Lois A. Lanning - Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8: Small Group Instruction That Improves Comprehension - 9781412957274 - V9781412957274
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Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8: Small Group Instruction That Improves Comprehension

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Description for Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8: Small Group Instruction That Improves Comprehension Paperback. Help struggling readers succeed by teaching four research-based comprehension strategies with sample lessons and a gradual-release approach leading to student-directed learning. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 496.

"Lanning reduces the long list of skills and strategies found in curriculum documents into four key comprehension strategies, setting out a very workable plan for enhancing reading comprehension."
—Richard Allington, Professor of Education
University of Tennessee

"These four powerful strategies come to the rescue with detailed and engaging lessons and examples for guided reading instruction. The clarity and insight make this book a must-read for elementary and middle school reading specialists and classroom teachers."
—H. Lynn Erickson, Educational Consultant
Author, Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction

Focused techniques to help struggling readers strengthen comprehension skills!

Children who struggle with reading by the time ... Read more

Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3–8 shows teachers how to support students′ reading comprehension by teaching the strategies that highly effective readers use: summarizing, creating meaningful connections, self-regulating, and inferring. The author examines how, why, and when to use each strategy and what each strategy looks like in practice. The book also covers:

  • A gradual-release approach that begins with teacher-directed instruction and leads to student-directed learning as skills increase
  • Specific teaching techniques to use with each strategy
  • Detailed lesson examples for reading instruction and content area reading
  • Reflections in each strategy chapter

The underlying principles in the book make these powerful strategies relevant for all elementary teachers, literacy coaches, and instructional leaders working to help students learn to read for deep understanding.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781412957274
SKU
V9781412957274
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About Lois A. Lanning
Lois A. Lanning, PhD, is an independent education consultant.  She presents and works with districts at the international, national, and state levels in the areas of literacy and Concept- Based Curriculum design. This book is a natural extension of her three previous best-selling books in the Corwin Press Publisher’s Concept-Based collection, including Designing a Concept-Based Curriculum for English Language ... Read more

Reviews for Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8: Small Group Instruction That Improves Comprehension
“These four powerful comprehension strategies come to the rescue with detailed and engaging lessons and examples for guided reading instruction. The clarity and insight that Lanning brings to the complex area of reading comprehension make this book a must-read for elementary and middle school reading specialists and classroom teachers.”
H. Lynn Erickson, Educational Consultant "Makes teaching comprehension strategies comprehensible, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8: Small Group Instruction That Improves Comprehension


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