Linda Hoyt, an acclaimed expert in the field of reading, and other exceptional classroom teachers demonstrate a variety of teaching strategies that focus students' attention on key concepts, important details, and underlying themes in their reading. Some of the strategies can be used by students in their independent reading; some are designed to help teachers enrich students' encounters with guided reading text. All the strategies deepen children's understanding of what they are reading, helping them build important reading comprehension skills.

You will see the following strategies "in action" with guided reading groups, grades 3-6:
Word Sorts actively involve students in categorization and classification and strengthen students' comprehension of both fiction and nonfiction text.
Anticipation Guides not only pique students' curiosity before reading, they also help engage children more deeply in the reading process and cause them to think about content in new ways.
I Wonder propels children's reflection and discussion out of lower-level recall and into higher levels of thought.
Good Reader Strategies help students fully utilize what they know about word structure and context as they problem solve difficult words in their reading.
Making It Real underscores the value of including objects, models, and pictures when introducing new concepts and vocabulary to a guided reading group.
Key Word Strategy enables children to distill complex content down to critical words and phrases and creates a bridge between reading and summarizing.

Learn how to:

• Empower students as thinkers and readers within the context of guided reading
• Help students read for key concepts and main ideas
• Deepen students' comprehension of complex and sophisticated text
• Strengthen children's ability to find and create connections as they read
• Constructively challenge preconceived ideas about content
• Jump-start students' individual reflections about text before, during and after reading
• Activate prior knowledge in ways that enhance children's reading comprehension
• Build important reading comprehension skills
• Expand your teaching repertoire with powerful strategies ideally suited to guided reading lessons in grades 3-6

Linda Hoyt is an exceptional educator and recognized national presenter in the area of literacy education. She is the author of Heinemann publications: Snapshots, a collection of literacy mini-lessons, and Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Comprehension. Her most recent book, Making It Real, is filled with strategies for improving children's understanding of text. Linda brings to her work a wealth of experience as a classroom teacher and curriculum specialist. She is deeply committed to high quality literacy education for all children and practical, effective strategies for their teachers.

WHAT YOUR COLLEAGUES SAY

"This is the best set of videos I have viewed. They clearly demonstrate the ‘how to’ in using the strategies. Extremely well done. My teachers really liked them."
~ Mary Alice Harney, Title I Director

"These strategies are great for all leveled learners. They can be used with both fiction and non-fiction text."
~ Lori Caretta, Reading Specialist

"This video program is an exceptional in-service tool! The modeling and strategies presented were shared with teachers (regular and special ed) in grades K-5. Application of the strategies resulted in positive student reading behaviors and growth."
~ Bernadine Berowick, Supervisor of Language Arts and Social Studies

RESOURCE GUIDE

Included with this videotape training program is a detailed Resource Guide with a narrative description of each comprehension strategy, variations and additional suggestions for classroom implementation of the strategies, and a complete bibliography.

The Resource Guide is designed:

For Trainers: providing workshop outlines and all the blackline masters and materials you need to conduct training workshops. There are no additional consumables to purchase.

For Self-Study: so this program can be added to your staff development library and checked out by individual teachers or teacher teams to be used in self-study. The Resource Guide provides directions, blackline masters and all materials needed for self-study.

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