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=Comprehension Instructional Resources =  [|Busy Teacher's Cafe- Comprehension Strategies] From //Strategies That Work //, //Mosaic of Thought //, and //Reading with Meaning, // this page gives you information on the six comprehension strategies known as making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, and synthesizing.

[|Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers] This website provides interactive graphic organizers on various comprehension and vocabulary topics for interactive whiteboard use. You can also print the completed graphic organizers to share with students or provide them with a blank copy prior to the lesson.

[|Into the Book] //Into the Book // is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Your class can watch our engaging 15-minute videos, and try the online interactive activities. //Behind the Lesson // provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch our 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

[|Leander ISD- Comprehension Strategy/6 Trait Book List] This website provides a free book list with popular children's literature titles coded by comprehension strategy and the six traits of writing domains.

Literacy Center Wikispaces- Graphic Organizers This website provides links to a variety of graphic organizers to support comprehension instruction.

[|Mandy Gregory's Tips for Teachers] This website is full of balanced literacy resources for the upper-elementary classroom. There are resources for writing workshop, reading skill or strategy studies, and literacy workstations, just to name a few.

[|Pete's PowerPoints- Comprehension] This website provides free interactive comprehension strategy and skill PowerPoint presentations for use with an interactive whiteboard.

[|Pioneer's Power Up to Reading- Free Reading Comprehension Program] This website provides interactive texts at various reading levels to review comprehension strategy use. It could be used as a literacy workstation or with an interactive whiteboard to review strategic comprehension. There are accompanying Quick Checks with PSSA-style comprehension questions. //You can use the username: tests, password: tests to review this website for instructional use.//

[|ReadWriteThink- Literacy Strand Lessons] This website provides numerous free lesson plans, with extension resources, to develop and promote reading comprehension.

[|Reading Lady- Mosaic Listserve Tools] From //Mosaic of Thought //, this page gives you the resources and materials for teaching, assessing, and reporting comprehension strategy instruction.

[|Super Teacher Worksheets- Reading & Literature Circles] This websites provides numerous free worksheets for use in the literacy block and in literature circles.

[|Super Teacher Worksheets- Reading Comprehension] This website provides numerous free activities for use in developing reading comprehension. media type="custom" key="3735727"