Educators who want to know more about evidence-based
reading instruction topics can find accurate and current information
on the over 150 sites included on these lists. While we are providing
this list of relevant educational links as a service to the educational
community, we do not endorse nor do we have any association with
these sites.
If you have an educational web site and would like
us to add your site to this list, please send us an e-mail so we
can review your content. Correspondence may be sent to: Dr. Susan
Tancock,
Professor — Department of Elementary Education, Ball State
University — stancock@bsu.edu
COMPREHENSION INTERNET RESOURCES
Teaching Comprehension — Best practices for teaching comprehension from Scholastic
Read*Write*Think Comprehension Lesson Plans — From the International Reading Association; click on the “search” button and type in “comprehension”
Text Comprehension — What to look for and how to support text comprehension
Comprehension in Beginning Reading — Why it’s important, how to teach it, and how to assess it
Text Comprehension Instruction — From the Partnership for Reading
Comprehension Strategies Tutorials — First and second grade
Reading Rockets Comprehension Links — What works; plus motivation, and multisensory vocabulary instruction
National Reading Panel Frequently Asked Questions
Reading Resources for Parents: Comprehension — Online and library suggestions
Critical Components of Reading: Comprehension — The University of Texas at Austin 3-Tier Research Project
Focus on Comprehension — The agenda for a comprehension forum from the Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory with links to handouts and PowerPoint presentations
Comprehension — Research and peer-assisted learning strategies
10 Research-Based Principles of Comprehension Instruction — Developed by the Comprehension Committee at the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA)
Knowledge Loom: Reading Comprehension
Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension Worksheets — Free worksheets featuring poems, stories, essays, and articles
Reciprocal Teaching — From the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Classroom Strategies to Engender Student Questioning
Focus on Reading Comprehension — Resources and programs from the International Reading Association
Reading Comprehension Lessons — For Grades K-8
Abcteach — Reading comprehension resources K-12; reading logs and testing practice
The Resource Room — Lessons, articles, books, resources, and links
Comprehension Activities — Group ideas for teachers
Comprehension Instruction: What Makes Sense Now, What Might Make Sense Soon — Article from the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III
Twenty Online Resources on Reading with Comprehension and Engagement
Strategies for Reading Comprehension — Social Studies lessons and printables
Traci’s Lists of Ten: Comprehension — Comprehension activities
Recommended Resources for Building Reading Comprehension
6 Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension — For reluctant readers; from Scholastic
Improving the Reading Comprehension of America’s Children — 10 Research-based principles from CIERA
ReadingLady — Suggestions on the use of “Mosaic of Thought” and “Strategies that Work”
A New Way to Teach Reading Comprehension — An article for elementary educators
Building Reading Comprehension Using PowerPoint
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