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Strategies That Work
Strategies That Work
Second Edition
Stephanie Harvey
and Anne Goudvis
 The print version of the second edition of Strategies that Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement will be available in early May. In the meantime, we're offering a sneak peek of the entire book online to selected customers and literacy leaders. Just click on a chapter heading to read that section of the book online. And to order your copy of the print version, click here or call 1-800-988-9812.

Contents
List of Strategy Lessons
Foreword by Donald Graves
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Second Edition

Part I: The Foundation of Meaning
Chapter 1: Reading is Thinking
Chapter 2: Reading is Strategic
Chapter 3: Effective Comprehension Instruction: Teaching, Tone, and Assessment
Chapter 4: Tools for Active Literacy: The Nuts and Bolts of Comprehension Instruction
Chapter 5: Text Matters: Choice Makes a Difference

Part II: Strategy Lessons
Chapter 6: Monitoring Comprehension: The Inner Conversation
Chapter 7: Activating and Connecting to Background Knowledge: A Bridge from the New to the Known
Chapter 8: Questioning: The Strategy That Propels Readers Forward
Chapter 9: Visualizing and Inferring: Making What's Implicit Explicit
Chapter 10: Determining Importance in Text: The Nonfiction Connection
Chapter 11: Summarizing and Synthesizing Information: The Evolution of Thought

Part III: Comprehension Across the Curriculum
Chapter 12: Content Literacy: Reading for Understanding in Social Studies and Science
Chapter 13: Topic Studies: A Framework for Research and Exploration
Chapter 14: Reading to Understand Textbooks
Chapter 15: The Genre of Test Reading
Afterword

Part IV: Resources That Support Strategy Instruction
Appendix A: Great Books for Teaching Content in History, Social Studies, Science, Music, Art, and Literacy
Appendix B: Magazines, Newspapers, and Websites
Appendix C: Professional Journals for Selection of Children's Books
Appendix D: Assessment Interview with Fourth Graders
Appendix E: Anchor Charts for the Comprehension Strategies

References: Children's Books
References: Professional References and Adult Resources
Index

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