Title
Comprehension Strategies for Your K-6 Literacy Classroom: Thinking Before, During, and After Reading
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2007
Department
Education
Abstract
As educators, we seem to have more questions than answers to the complexity of reading. It seems that the more we read, the more we learn; the more we learn, the more we question. Will our prior knowledge interfere or enhance comprehending? What specific words will lift off the page and interact with our experiences? How and when do we maneuver independently through the text? Does this ever happen or do we rely on family, friends, teachers, or colleagues to help us gain or maintain control? Does comprehending look or sound differently to our spouses, our children, our own classroom of students, our friends, and fellow educators? How much support will our students need to understand the concept of comprehension behaviors? How much support will our students need to understand a text or a topic? As teachers, we often address these questions, but somehow, we know the variables that interplay with the reading process outweigh the answers. Posing these questions to colleagues, observing classrooms, and listening to conversations between teacher and student led us to writing this book. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Stebick, Divonna M., and Joy M. Dain. Comprehension Strategies for Your K-6 Literacy Classroom: Thinking Before, During, and After Reading (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2007).
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://www.corwin.com/books/Book229350?siteId=corwin-press&subject=C00&qsupld=false&q=Comprehension+Strategies+for+Your+K-6+Literacy+Classroom%3A+Thinking+Before%2C+During%2C+and+After+Reading&fs=1
Comments
This is the introduction from the complete book, Comprehension Strategies for Your K-6 Literacy Classroom: Thinking Before, During, and After Reading by Divonna Stebick and Joy Dain.