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Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Learn to dissect a story, find the main idea, and draw conclusions through study of practical exercises. With passages from literature, essays, technical writing, and articles, this guide includes lessons with exercises in test format to help you acquire or refresh essential reading comprehension skills.
Author
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Our goal in this book is to describe the instruction that children need to help them transition from learning from their own experiences to learning from text and from developing listening comprehension to reading comprehension. We provide descriptions of research-validated practices that can be implemented in preschool to grade 2 classrooms so that children improve their comprehension and can articulate their understanding in both oral and written...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Raising an Active Reader explains research on reading aloud with children who are in early elementary school (grades K-3). Upon completion, adults will know how read aloud works for children who are learning to read, and how the ABCs of Active Reading (Ask questions, Build vocabulary, and make Connections) build important reading skills"--
Author
Publisher
Edaf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Complete method for fast and comprehensive reading. The importance of reading does not need to be highlighted. This Method, eminently practical, contains the guides, techniques and exercises necessary to master the skills that allow you to read better and more quickly."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Whether you re a kid who's just starting to read by yourself or a future librarian or both! this book of tips and activities to improve your reading comprehension skills is so much fun you ll forget you re learning!"-- cover page 4.
11) The art of X-ray reading: how the secrets of 25 great works of literature will improve your writing
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this practical and engaging guide, Roy Peter Clark teaches the fine art of X-ray reading. When we X-ray read, we look beneath the surface of a text to discover the strategies that create the effects we experience -- such as suspense, humor, or pain ; we can then adopt these strategies as our own.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Now, in a series of letters, Wolf describes her concerns-- and hopes-- about how digital mediums may be changing our brains. Wolf herself has found that her ability to read deeply has been impacted as she becomes increasingly dependent on screens. What could this mean for our future? -- adapted from...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Sets 9-12 expand reading skills ,build comprehension strategies, and expose children to non-fiction texts. They provide a combination of words containing short and long vowel sounds, more complex sight words , and illustrations that enhance meaning and tone, allowing children to experience real-world reading."-- provided by publisher.
Publisher
Learning Express
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
This Spanish version of LearningExpress's comprehensive guide offers complete preparation to pass the GED Reasoning through Language Arts Examination Review (RLA). Inside is an in-depth review of every concept tested on the exam, along with test-like practice questions and complete answer explanations. Inside, test-takers will find a diagnostic test to assess their skill levels and a full-length practice exam that covers the GED Reasoning through...
Author
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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...
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Forms 3 to 4 word sentences, can talk and carry on conversations, continues to grow vocabulary, connects thoughts to pictures, early letter writing, listens to stories, simple songs, and nursery rhymes, and knows most letter sounds." --
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