Teaching Skills for Complex Text: Deepening Close Reading in the Classroom (Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series) - Softcover

Book 10 of 11: Common Core State Standards in Literacy

Mesmer, Heidi Anne E.

 
9780807758144: Teaching Skills for Complex Text: Deepening Close Reading in the Classroom (Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807758140 ISBN 13: 9780807758144
Publisher: Teachers' College Press, 2016

Synopsis

Tired of hearing about “complex text”? Bothered by the pushy messages about “challenge”? This book is for you! Unlike the many other materials on text complexity, this one focuses on specific comprehension skills that students need in order to really engage with text. This book will help elementary school teachers equip their students with practical tools and understandings of the structures and conventions that allow them to excel, including concrete tools, passages, games, lessons, and examples to teach anaphora, connectives, paragraph structure, evidence-gathering (fiction and nonfiction), and text challenge. A final chapter specifies how to stretch students in texts while attending to their stamina, executive skills, and interests. Book Features: Text-based lessons for grades 3–5 Opening vignettes that provide classroom context for each skill Key objectives and Common Core Standards. Think-aloud language to guide strategy development. Research-based strategies and games.

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About the Author

Heidi Anne E. Mesmer is an associate professor of literacy education at Virginia Tech.

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Publisher
Teachers' College Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807758140
ISBN 13 
9780807758144
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
176