Comprehension


 * Professional Development Sites for //Learning to Teach// Comprehension Effectively **

// Click on Comprehension > Instruction > Teaching Strategies and Examples // @http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/
 * Big Ideas in Beginning Reading K-3 **

// Type Comprehension into the search box. Find resources for K-3, Adolescent, Middle and High School, Expository Text, Struggling Readers, ELL, Rural Schools, webinars and much more. // @http://www.centeroninstruction.org/
 * Center on Instruction **

// Access Conference Presentations on Comprehension, Adolescent Literacy, Writing, ELL, Math, Classroom Management and PBIS. // @http://ctl.uoregon.edu/sitemap
 * Center on Teaching and Learning Sitemap **

// In-depth Individual Interview Segments with leading researchers to help educators understand the challenges involved in learning to read. Click on ‘Videos’ on the left side of the webpage. // @http://www.childrenofthecode.org/
 * Children of the Code **

// Download Comprehension Instructional Routines for K-1 and 2-3 // []
 * Empowering Teachers (K-3) **

** Explicit Instruction ** // View Elementary and Secondary Videos of Explicit Instruction by Dr. Anita Archer // www.explicitinstruction.org

// Click on **Comprehension**, choose grade level and skill to locate strategies, videos // []
 * Florida Center for Reading Research FAIR Search Tool for Links K-12 **

// Wisconsin Educational Communications Board multimedia package designed to improve students’ reading comprehension. There is a separate area for the Student and the Teacher. Be sure to take time and check in as a student! Be sure to check this out-posters, bookmarks, activities and more. // // @http://reading.ecb.org/ //
 * Into the Book: Strategies for Learning **

// View an hour long webinar by Dr. Anita Archer (Scroll to bottom of web page) // @http://ctl.uoregon.edu/pd/cf10/strand/Language/htm
 * Language: Increasing Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills **

// Search for comprehension and sign up to receive a free newsletter // __ @http://www.ldonline.org/ __
 * LD Online: Leading Web Site on Learning Disabilities and ADHD **

// Well-crafter strategies that turn research into practice and 15 key elements of an effective literacy intervention // @http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/reports/reading_next
 * Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy **

// Resources are focused on the essential elements of Comprehension Instruction // @http://oregonliteracypd.uoregon.edu/topic/reading-comprehension
 * Oregon K-12 Literacy Framework **

// Making Sense in Social Studies // __ @http://www.readingquest.org/strat/ __
 * Strategies for Reading Comprehension **

// Select a grade, a topic and a category to locate Comprehension Instructional Guidelines, Classroom Applications, Example Lessons, Videos, and Simulations. // @http://searchlight.utexas.org/searchsplash // Free Professional Development Courses are divided into critical reading topics and grade levels. Excellent!! // @http://www.texasreadsource.org/PDSRIWebApp/jsp/login.jsp
 * University of Texas at Austin Searchlight K-4, Secondary **
 * Go Learn **


 * Professional Books **


 * // Direct Instruction Reading //** 5/E by Douglas Carnine, Jerry Silbert, Edward Kame’enui, and Sarah Tarver. Pearson, 2010.


 * // Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching //** by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes. Guilford Press, 2011.


 * // Improving Comprehension with Questioning the Author //** by Isabel Beck and Margaret McKeown. Scholastic, 2006.


 * // Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades //** by Debbie Miller. Stenhouse, 2002.


 * // Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers //** 2/E by Louisa Cook Moats. Brookes Publishing, 2010.

// **Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems** // 7/E by Sharon Vaughn and Candace Bos. Pearson, 2009.


 * // Strategies that Work – Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding //** 2/E by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis. Stenhouse, 2007.

// **Teaching Reading Instruction to Students Who Are At-Risk or have Disabilities: A Multi-Tier Approach** 2/E // by William Bursuck and Mary Damer. Allyn and Bacon, 2011.


 * // Teaching Struggling and At-Risk Readers: A Direct Instruction Approach //** by Douglas Carnine, et.al. Prentice Hall, 2006.


 * Research **

National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grades 4 and 8 @http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2011/2012457.pdf
 * Nation’s Report Card 2011 – NAEP Report **

//Carnegie Corporation Time to Act Report, Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010// http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/Publications/WritingToRead_01.pdf
 * Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading **