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Reading Comprehension
One reading researcher describes reading comprehension as the "essence of reading." Find out more about how to improve all students' reading comprehension, from young preschoolers to students who are struggling and children with learning disabilities. Included are tips from the experts written for parents and teachers.
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National Education Association
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Our shows on PBS
Professional development webcasts
- Establishing an Effective Reading Program
- Reading to Learn: ELL in Grades 4-6
- Make Reading Count: Effective Strategies for Teaching Comprehension
- Comprehension: Helping English Language Learners Grasp the Full Picture
- Assessment of ELLs
- From Babbling To Books
- Differentiated Reading Instruction
Interactive tools
From our strategy library
- Anticipation Guide
- Concept Maps
- Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA)
- Inquiry Chart
- Jigsaw
- Reciprocal Teaching
- Question the Author
- Visual Imagery
- See all comprehension strategies
In our blogs
Sound It Out
- A few words about wordless picture books
- Flipping the elementary classroom
- Text complexity: create connections
- Learning outcomes versus teaching tools
- How much is too much strategy instruction?
- More...
Page by Page
- Why getting out matters
- Making meaning
- Books + preschoolers = magic
- Where does curiosity begin?
- Reading, math, and all that jazz
- More...
The Common Core Classroom
Top articles
Basics
- How to Increase Higher Order Thinking
- Knowledge in the Classroom
- How We Neglect Knowledge and Why
- What Is Reading? Decoding and the Jabberwocky’s Song
- What Works in Comprehension Instruction
For parents
For teachers
- Higher Order Thinking
- Building World Knowledge: Motivating Children to Read and Enjoy Informational Text
- Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Q&A
- Teaching Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Comprehension with Riddles
- Repeated Interactive Read-Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten
Comprehension strategies
- How to Teach Expository Text Structure to Facilitate Reading Comprehension
- Guiding Students Through Expository Text with Text Feature Walks
- Reciprocal Teaching for the Primary Grades: "We Can Do It, Too!"
- Compare, Contrast, Comprehend: Using Compare-Contrast Text Structures with ELLs in K-3 Classrooms
- Instruction of Metacognitive Strategies Enhances Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Achievement of Third-Grade Students
Download and print
- Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Lessons: What Does It Mean for Parents?
- Getting the Most Out of Nonfiction Reading Time
- Preparing 21st Century Learners
- Mission Critical: Reading Together to Build Critical Thinking Skills
- Use a PEER When You Read Aloud
- More...
FAQs
Reading 101
Research
- Early Executive Function Predicts Reasoning Development
- Beyond Comprehension: We Have Yet to Adopt a Common Core Curriculum That Builds Knowledge Grade by Grade, But We Need To
- Advancing Our Students' Language and Literacy: The Challenge of Complex Texts
- Children's Story Retelling as a Literacy and Language Enhancement Strategy
- Improving Students' Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology
