This hands-on manual explains how to introduce K–12 students to strategies for navigating and comprehending nonfiction texts. Teachers learn easy-to-implement activities that help students find high-interest nonfiction texts; identify and study unfamiliar words and concepts; understand information and think critically; and use writing to evaluate and respond. Sample worksheets help students practice the comprehension strategies of inferring, synthesizing, visualizing, questioning, and summarizing. The book’s utility is enhanced by step-by-step directions and examples.
- ISBN10 1606234277
- ISBN13 9781606234273
- Publish Date 7 October 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 November 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English