Recommended Resources for
Building Reading Comprehension

Reading Strategy Songs — Teachers / songwriters Miles and Tanny McGregor wrote these songs to complement programs such as Mosaic of Thought, Strategies that Work, and Reading with Meaning.

Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum — Richard T. Vacca and Jo Anne L. Vacca

Developing Readers and Writers in the Content Areas: K-12 — David W. Moore, Sharon A. Moore, Patricia M. Cunningham, James W. Cunningham

Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children — Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell

Guiding Readers and Writers (Grades 3-6): Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy — Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers — Cris Tovani

Improving Comprehension With Think-Aloud Strategies — Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop — Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmerman

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 — Stephanie Harvey

Prereading Activities for Content Area Reading and Learning — John E. Readence, David W. Moore, Robert J. Rickelman

Reading With Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades — Debbie Miller

Reading Stories for Comprehension Success: Primary Level: 45 High-Interest Lessons With Reproducible Selections and Questions That Make Kids Think — Katherine L. Hall

Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension — Linda Hoyt

Short Reading Passages & Graphic Organizers to Build Comprehension: Ready-To-Go Reproducibles — Linda Ward Beech

Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding — Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

There's Room For Me Here: Literacy Workshop in the Middle School — Janet Allen and Kyle Gonzalez

Yellow Brick Roads: Shared and Guided Paths to Independent Reading 4-12 — Janet Allen