Teaching reading comprehension to students with learning difficulties
By: Janette K. Klingner, Sharon Vaughn, Alison Boardman
Contributors: Vaughn, Sharon, 1952-; Boardman, Alison
Edition: Second edition.
Series: What works for special-needs learners; What works for special needs learners
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781462517374; 9781462517404
Subjects: Reading disability; Reading comprehension; Study and teaching; Reading; Remedial teaching
Description: "This practitioner resource and course text has given thousands of K-12 teachers evidence based tools for helping students--particularly those at risk for reading difficulties--understand and acquire new knowledge from text. The authors present a range of scientifically validated instructional techniques and activities, complete with helpful classroom examples and sample lessons. The book describes ways to assess comprehension; build the skills that good readers rely on; and teach students to use multiple comprehension strategies flexibly and effectively. Each chapter features thought provoking discussion questions. Reproducible lesson plans and graphic organizers can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Overview of Reading Comprehension; title: 2. Assessing Reading Comprehension; title: 3. Vocabulary Instruction; title: 4. Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Comprehension; title: 5. Promoting Content-Area Literacy; title: 6. Supporting English Language Learners with Learning Difficulties; title: 7. Intensive Interventions for Students with Significant Reading Comprehension Difficulties; title: 8. Multicomponent Approaches to Strategy Instruction.