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Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading
Inferring, questioning, determining importance. It's not easy to explain these abstract reading strategies to elementary readers, yet knowing how they work and how to use them is an important first step to connecting with texts. Fortunately Tanny McGregor has developed visual, tangible, everyday lessons that make abstract thinking concrete and that can help every child in...more
Paperback, 130 pages
Published
February 7th 2007
by Heinemann Educational Books
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I highly recommend this book to all of my reading-teacher friends! It is a quick read (I read it in 2 hours at the pool yesterday) and is a great, FRESH companion to all the comprehension classics - Debbie Miller, Chris Tovani, Ellin Keene, Steph Harvey, etc. If you loved Strategies that Work or Reading with Meaning, I guarantee you will LOVE how McGregor uses concrete items to teach comprehension strategies. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is I thought the book could have been mo...more
This is a great quick read about how to tangibly teach reading strategies. It focuses a lot on metacognition (and teaching kids how to understand their thinking) and schema (background knowledge). While some of the strategies for teaching such things are a bit elementary for 5th and 6th graders, the ideas can easily be modified to the next level for middle grade learners. I'm excited to talk about this one with some colleagues!
Wow! This may be the single best book on how to launch reading strategies that I've ever read. Relating the strategies to something concrete makes so much sense. This book made me realize the importance of slowing down my teaching and taking the time to launch each strategy without the burden of text. I hope Tanny McGregor writes more books because I would definitely read another one. Wow!
S´han publicat molts llibres sobre estratègies de comprensió. Com millorar i avaluar la comprensió dels alumnes quan és un procés tan invisible?. De tots els que he llegit, aquest és el que més m´ha agradat per ensenyar a pensar estratègicament als alumnes de primària emprant tots els canals comunicatius (Visual, Auditiu, Cinestèsic, de manera creativa, visual i artística).
This is probably my all time favorite teacher book ever! Tanny does an outstanding job of creating metaphorical thinking. I love her launching sequence, and I will use these lessons for years to come. The "Thinking Stems" posters are a staple in my classroom, and I can't wait for her next book on genres to be published!
This is by far one of my favorite teaching resources. This concrete method of teaching abstract comprehension skills is fabulous. My students love the lesson and are always engaged. Every teacher in grades 3-6 should have this book.
This book made me want to run back to the classroom and try these great ideas out! A down-to-earth, creative, and research-based book that can be immediately implemented into elementary classrooms.
I absolutely love this book and the many concrete launching lessons within its pages. It has changed my teaching and helped my students and me understand comprehension in a fresh way.
My favorite reading strategy book! Easy to read and implement plus it actually works with kids of any age! Is a prefect companion to teachers moving into Common Core's deeper reading.
A quick read! Great ideas that an be easily applied to any grade level. Love how Tanny brought in all types of media and text to teach with each comprehension skill.
Fabulous lessons for teachers to make higher level thinking very tangible for students! The students on our campus loved the lessons and were able to apply the skills!
I love the concrete examples the book uses to teach the reading strategies. I use this book daily in my classroom. Excellent resource!
This book taught me how to teach my students to connect their reading to their thinking by using different metacognitive strategies.
An easy and quick read. Not many new or novel ideas, but several good reminders and great examples.
Loved this book and its wonderful ideas. Wish I could keep it since I borrowed it and now have to give it back. Definitely a great read for comprehension strategies for students who need more concrete thinking.
An AWESOME book filled with easy, practical, concrete ideas to teach reading strategies. I recommend this book for every teacher.
Amazing! This is a constant companion in my classroom.
this is awesome! i will read it over and over again.
Excellent ideas for teaching reading to kids. Can't wait to give them a try!
A must read for any teacher!
Good book with great ideas on how to teach reading comprehension skills. I liked the examples of text to use with concepts (i.e. inferencing) as well as examples of art, music, and realia that really help bring abstracts concepts to life. I'd recommend it!
Looking for a why to bring a concrete understanding to the reading comprehension strategies? This is it. An easy read for the teacher and a way to spark a true understanding for children.
I use this book constantly for teaching concrete reading lessons that students remember and refer to throughout the entire school year.
Excellent book to bring metacognitive strategies to life through concrete visual representations.
This is a great book for classroom and reading teachers. I've always said that the most learning occurs when students are having fun. This book provides concrete and creative ways to teaching six thinking skills: schema, inferring, questioning, determining importance, visualizing and synthesizing. Not only will it be fun for kids, but fun for teachers to teach! It is especially great for districts implementing the Literacy by Design reading series. The six thinking skills in this book are the ex...more
I loved it! The concrete ways that it explains reading strategies makes it so easy for children to understand. A must have for anyone who teaches reading.
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