What Good Readers Do: Seven Steps to Better Reading

by Graham Foster

Overview

This handy flipchart provides an ideal quick review of best practice for teachers and students alike. Designed to help students become more proficient and confident readers, it will guide readers through seven essential strategies and activities for reading successfully in any form:

• Why Read?
• Pre-reading
• During Reading
• Checking Understanding
• Close Reading
• Thinking About Text
• Extending Text

What Good Readers Do helps readers appreciate the importance of frequent reading, introduces and reminds them to use a range of powerful strategies, and teaches them to be more skillful in asking and answering questions about text. The straightforward and easy-to-read format ensures that readers refer to the flipchart again and again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551381893
Publisher:	Pembroke Publishers Limited
Publication date:	12/30/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	9 - 17 Years

About the Author

Graham is a writer and workshop presenter in schools, at conventions, and in professional development consortia. He has thirty two years of teaching experience, including thirteen years as language arts supervisor for Calgary Catholic Schools.

He received his degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and completed his postgraduate studies in language arts at the University of Calgary.

"I emphasize a collegial model of professional development related to best practice in language arts instruction. In writing projects, I prefer showing to telling about practical, research-supported instructional strategies."

Graham is married and likes to travel and play golf.