Nonfiction Reading Power: Teaching Students How to Think While They Read All Kinds of Information - Softcover

Adrienne Gear

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551382296 ISBN 13: 9781551382296

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Nonfiction Reading Power How can you help students find meaning in informational texts and become independent strategic readers and thinkers? "Nonfiction Reading Power" gives teachers a wealth of effective strategies for helping students think while they read material in all subject areas. Using the best children's books to motivate students, Adrienne Gear shows teachers how help students zoom-in, question and infer; find the main idea, make connections, and transform what's on the printed page. Key introductory concept lessons for each of the five reading powers provide valuable insight into the purpose of each strategy. The book also explores the particular features of nonfiction ...

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Review:

"Gear's "Nonfiction Reading Power" provides a pratical approach for teachers on how to actually teach important comprehension skills so that students can better use and understand nonfiction." - "CM Magazine"
"Gear's Nonfiction Reading Power provides a pratical approach for teachers on how to actually teach important comprehension skills so that students can better use and understand nonfiction." - CM Magazine

About the Author:

Adrienne Gear has been teaching in Vancouver for almost 20 years. After 4 years working as a Literacy Mentor -- supporting students, teachers, and schools throughout the Vancouver School District -- she is happy to be back ""home"" in the classroom teaching part-time. When not teaching, Adrienne presents workshops, conducts demonstration lessons, and facilitates teacher leadership groups throughout British Columbia

About this edition

• Publisher: Pembroke Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1551382296
• ISBN 13: 9781551382296
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 160