Reading Comprehension

[Susan Jones <sujones@PARKLAND.CC.IL.US>]

Reading comprehension is (too) often taught by providing lots of practice =
reading and answering questions and discussing books.  It's one of those =
things that works fine for the people it works fine for, but for kids who =
have trouble for any reason (reading level's a bit too high, they're very =
literal-minded, etc.) that strategy usually does a good job of widening =
the gap between the haves and the have nots of reading comprehension. =20

I really like Priscilla Vail's very recent book, _Reading Comprehension._  =
  With my college kiddos, a huge problem is their limited vocabulary (and =
a tendency to think words only mean one thing).    Ed Ellis has some =
really good ideas on teaching vocab so it sticks - You could develop a =
good professional development session based on his article at http://www.ld=
online.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/ellis_clarifying.html
(You might want to look at that whole section of LD ONLine, starting =
with=20
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/strategies.html#orga=
nization -- the strategies target LD kiddos but are good across the board =
and might give you some good ideas). =20
Pop me an e-mail and I can recommend specific books & materials ...=20

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