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Reading Comprehension Instruction: Issues and Strategies

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I was fortunate enough to have Dr. Maria as one of my Reading professors at the College of New Rochelle. Her book is a wonderful resource for all educators. As educators we are eager to test for comprehension but we don't always clearly teach comprehension skills to students. This book provides information on the different techniques along wtih model lessons that demonstrate how the techniques can be used in the classroom every day. Some of the techniques included are: Pre-reading activities(Activating Prior Knowledge); Vocabulary; Sentence structure, story grammar, and other narrative and expository text structures. Many during reading strategies are also covered including Reciprocal Teaching,Direct Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA), ReQuest, InQuest, SQ3R, etc. I find that I always turn to this book to find techniques and adaptations that I can use with my good and poor readers.