Powerful, changed the way I think about teaching reading!!

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	• Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis Stenhouse Publishers, 2007 - 344 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great support for literacy instruction!

This is the best book I have yet read on teaching reading to middle and upper grades. If you are new to balanced literacy, this is a must-have! Even experienced teachers will find it to be a useful resource book. It is filled with strategies that will help you go from whole-class novel studies or basals into smaller, guided reading groups. This book goes beyond Mosaic of Thought to give wonderfully explicit details on strategies you can use in your classroom. I heartily recommend it to middle and upper grade teachers.

Not Bad, With Some Good Information

I found this book very useful for teaching reading in my small groups. The authors give some good ideas for classroom teachers to use "authentic literature" in order to teach reading comprehension which can include newspapers and magazines. The appendices are worth the price of the book. The only reason I downgraded it a bit is the authors could have done away with some of the whole language rhetoric about traditional basals and basic skills being "boring." This is nonsensical and detracts somewhat from the general usefulness of the book.

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Powerful, changed the way I think about teaching reading!!

A must buy! I was given this book by my school system. So many practical ideas for teaching reading. I even made up worksheets to accompany this book. You will not be disappointed!

"Yes, this one is worth the time!"

Elemenatary teachers: READ THIS BOOK! I know, I know! ANOTHER book about teaching strategies! Haven't we (as teachers) read enough? The answer is no if you want to improve/create your reading program! I have taught 6th grade for 7 years and I was always unhappy with my reading programs. To add to my frustration, I began to support new teachers in the BTSA program who desperatly needed my help in creating an effective reading program for their classroom. Fortunately, my school decided to reorganize our instruction to focus on Guided Reading. That is when I found this book! Strategies that work is not just another list of strategies that need to be taught. It SHOWS you how to plan and implement lessons that will engage children and teach reading comprehension strategies. My favorite chapter was 8 beacuse it specifically dealt with inferring and this is an important piece for 6th graders in reading and writing. Don't worry - it's an easy read that IS worth your time. Don't let the title lull you into thinking it is just another "teacher text". Side Bar: Try to read it with another teacher, the discussions you will have will be invaluable!!!

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Teach Reading for Meaning Effectively in your Classoom

For every teacher who has ever been overwhelmed at the idea of "teaching
reading" to students, Strategies that Work-Teaching Comprehension to enhance
Understanding, is a book for you. The authors, Stephanie Harvey and Anne
Goudvis, tackle the enormous task of illustrating what teaching students to
read for understanding can look like in the classroom setting. The book
discusses five comprehension strategies that are vital for creating meaning
from text: Making Connections; Questioning; Visualizing and inferring;
Determining Importance in Text; and Synthesizing Information. What separates
this book from others you may have read is the actual classroom application
that the authors offer readers. Any teacher who reads this book will begin to
understand how these strategies can be implemented into his/her own classroom
practices. This is an invaluable tool for any teacher regardless of grade
level.

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