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Herrell and Jordan's (both Californian State U., Fresno) text is designed to assist teachers to actively engage students in increasing their reading vocabulary and comprehension. Strategies are provided for the five comprehension processes word and sentence comprehension, vocabulary development and fluency; paragraph level comprehension; the integration of background knowledge into the reading process; holistic comprehension and summarization skills; and self-monitoring strategies for students. The final section focuses on innovative approaches to assess comprehension and reading strategy use. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This book incorporates the strongest and most current research available to help teachers actively involve their students in the reading comprehension process. Teachers receive expert guidance in a step-by-step format that clearly states and fully illustrates each of the 50 strategies. It delivers ?must have? information that enables teachers to assess their students' current strategies. A six section organization enables teachers to easily access appropriate strategies for specific teaching objectives: word and sentence level comprehension, paragraph level comprehension, integrating background knowledge, holistic comprehension, self-monitoring strategies, and assessment to inform instruction. For elementary school teachers.
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