25 Surefire Ways to Engage Students and Improve Comprehension
Reading Strategies Toolkit
Interactive Think-Alouds Lessons
by Lori Oczkus
A Joint Publication with the International Reading Association
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Grades K-5
ISBN: 0-545-10279-0
144 pages
$25.99

If you are looking for research-based, yet fun and motivating ways to engage students and improve comprehension, then look no further. Lori Oczkus shares 25 classroom-tested lessons for modeling comprehension strategies that work.

Lori Oczkus

Oczkus offers a rich array of creative ideas that put joy back into learning — from using a magnifying glass to hunt for text clues to making facial expressions that interpret character motives. She demonstrates scaffolded techniques with mentor texts, characters and props, gestures and strategy starters, music and drama, and posters, charts, and reproducibles.

Plus, the 40-minute DVD shows lessons in action, offers downloadable materials, and provides a Viewer's Guide that functions as a workshop in a book!

"This book is a MUST READ for every teacher, literacy coach, and literacy leader! Lori Oczkus is the master at translating the latest, research-based practices into daily lessons that every teacher can immediately implement."
Cathy Collins Block, Author of The Vocabulary-Enriched Classroom and Professor of Education, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

"Lori Oczkus has done a masterful job of bridging the gap between research and practice, of making visible to students strategies that are often invisible or unclear."
Timothy Rasinski, Author of The Fluent Reader and Professor of Literacy Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

"Once again Lori Oczkus delivers just what teachers want and need to improve reading instruction. Every teacher will want to use this book as a reading strategy resource."
Tamara Jo Rhomberg, K-5 Reading Intervention Coordinator, Rockwood School District, St. Louis, Missouri