Teach content area comprehension skills in grades 3–6

When students learn sure-fire reading comprehension strategies, their growth skyrockets. When you have a plan for teaching them through high-quality lessons, so does your peace of mind.

The lessons in Content Literacy: Intermediate teach and reinforce the most important strategies for helping students in grades 3–6 become more knowledgeable, confident readers. The classroom-ready lessons in this book focus on six research-based comprehension strategies:

Monitor comprehension
Activate and connect to background knowledge
Ask questions
Infer and visualize meaning
Determine importance
Summarize and synthesize

Download a sample to see how Content Literacy: Intermediate can make content area comprehension instruction easier and more meaningful in your classroom.

In this sample, you’ll find:

An overview of the lessons and related skills taught
A look at the importance of comprehension instruction and how it can help build students’ knowledge across the content areas
A free lesson to try right away (Lesson 19: “Ask Questions to Read Critically”)

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