Comprehension Strategies for Middle Grade Learners: A Handbook for Content Area Teachers, Second Edition

Middle school is a crucial time to develop the sophisticated reading skills students need to analyze literature and challenging informational texts. This handbook offers 77 simple yet effective strategies to help students develop, refine, and strengthen key comprehension skills they can apply across subject areas. Updated with current research and an increased focus on technology, the strategies feature: * Succinct description * Step-by-step procedure * Content area examples * Assessment * Reflection More than 20 strategies are brand new for this edition. They are easily adapted for use with individual students, small groups, or the whole class so you can meet all learners' needs-from students with comprehension difficulties to enthusiastic readers.The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. Some of the many areas we publish in include: -Comprehension-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers-Early Literacy -Adolescent Literacy-Assessment-Literacy Coaching-Research And Policy