The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text

Comprehension is a critical component of reading success, but most teachers are not taught how to provide structured comprehension instruction in their classrooms. This groundbreaking professional resource from Nancy Hennessy, former IDA President and reading comprehension expert, will provide K–8 teachers with the guidance they require. The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text provides a clear blueprint for understanding the complexities of reading comprehension and delivering high-quality, evidence-based instruction that helps students construct meaning from challenging texts. It is meticulously researched and masterfully organized.

The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text, which is aligned with the science of reading and the IDA's Structured Literacy approach, is a must-have for in-service educators and an excellent supplement to core literacy textbooks. Today's teachers will gain the necessary knowledge and practical tools to help every student become a proficient reader—and to lay a solid foundation for academic success.

Educators will:

• Learn essential background information: This book, which synthesizes decades of research on reading comprehension, provides educators with all of the fundamentals they need to teach this critical component of reading proficiency.
  
• Master the blueprint: Teachers will receive a comprehensive framework for organizing instruction that is aligned with Scarborough's Reading Rope's language comprehension strands. Each aspect of reading comprehension is covered in detail, including vocabulary, syntax and sentence comprehension, text structures, background knowledge, and levels of understanding and inference.
• Make it work in the classroom: Educators will find useful tools and guidance for planning units and lessons, adapting to the needs of individual students, and assessing student progress. (An interactive book study guide makes this book ideal for professional development.)
• Practical materials: Teachers will receive classroom activities, sample lesson plans, and questions to help them reflect on and strengthen their practices in order to help them apply the science of reading comprehension and design high-quality instruction. Photocopyable teaching resources, such as unit and lesson plan organizers, can be used repeatedly in the classroom.

The important features:

• Utilize decades of reading comprehension research to gain critical background knowledge.
• Teachers will receive a comprehensive framework for organizing instruction that is aligned with the language comprehension strands of Scarborough's Reading Rope.
• Each aspect of reading comprehension is covered in detail, including vocabulary, syntax, and sentence comprehension.
• Learn everything there is to know about text structures, background knowledge, and levels of comprehension and inference.

Author: Nancy Hennessy

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Comprehension-Blueprint-Helping-Students/dp/1681254034/