Great Resources for Reading Comprehension

A few months ago I planned a short workshop for teachers at a charter school on strategies to use for reading comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary instruction. I was overwhelmed by the resources available on line and 10 hours later I had created a fairly concise presentation sharing strategies such as QAR, Think Pair Share, Read Cover Remember Retell, graphic organizers, Mosaic of Thought reading comprehension strategies, GLAD for vocabulary, Read Naturally and Reading A to Z for fluency, etc.  Here are just a few of the links for some of the resources I used in thinking about the topic of Reading Comprehension. Some are specific lessons; others are generic or articles on the topic. This does not include youtube or other videos. That is another project!

I am certain all of you reading this have many more fabulous sites so please add them to the mix!

FLUENCY

http://www.aaronshep.com/index.html

READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES

http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/2351.pdf

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2976?ref=search

http://www.k12reader.com/the-importance-of-reading-comprehension/

http://www.k12reader.com/content-area-reading-and-the-importance-of-skillful-reading-comprehension/

http://www.k12reader.com/
* get a 10 day free trial—gobs of comprehension and fluency fiction and nonfiction lessons and a complete list of spelling words for each grade level including dictation sentences, etc.)

http://www.k12reader.com/boys-and-reading/

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com
go to literacy strategies and then comprehension strategies…just fabulous!!

http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=viewDocument&JAS_Document_id=3
here are all the Mosaic of Thought Reading Comprehension strategy posters

http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_printable&PAGE_id=8&lay_quiet=1

http://www.readinglady.com

full of resources for reading comprehension and Six Traits of writing

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/Madison%20Questioning%20documents.pdf
proficient readers and writers ask questions and strategies for questioning including organizers

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
this is her listserv with everything Mosaic

http://www.scholastic.com/staysmart/pdf/ccr_a_summarize.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20110106035352/http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/teachers/pdfs/2003S/030221NS.pdf
Time for Kids article with the timeline

https://sites.google.com/site/fun2teachandlearn/literacy&language
K-5th site with so.o.o.o many great ideas and pictures of kids work so you see the real evidence

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/RelationshipAmongFourTypesofQuestionsfromJeffBeal.pdf
four kinds of questions

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/PredictingandInferring-theDifferencebyKendra.pdf
difference between predicting and inferring

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/SimpleSentencesforInferencePracticebyKendra.pdf
practice with inferring from simple sentences

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/Determinging%20Importance%20handout%20by%20Deb%20Smith.pdf
Determining Importance…anchor chart, organizer, examples, etc.

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/Determining%20Importance%20Notetaking%20Form%20by%20Joan.pdf
note taking on important idea and details

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/InferringPoemfromCarolyn.pdf
inferring with poetry

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/InferringPoemfromCarolyn.pdf
extensive unit on teaching inferring

VOCABULARY

http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/InferringWordChartfromCarolyn.pdf
When we infer….

http://www.wordle.net/
great site for creating word clouds!!!! I made one for Learning Logs as an example

http://www.cobbk12.org/cheathamhill/lfs%20update/vocabulary%20and%20word%20walls.htm
lots of vocabulary strategies and templates