7 KEYS TO COMPREHENSION is for the adult person who reads to children. I enjoyed wonderful memories of reading to my children as I read this book and realized how reading aloud helps teach the seven simple thinking strategies that proficient readers use:
• Connecting reading to their background knowledge
• Creating sensory images
• Asking questions
• Drawing inferences
• Determining what’s important
• Synthesizing ideas
• Solving problems
This book provides question prompts to ask while reading, book titles, and information about book conversations between adults and children. This is a great book for parents who read to children and are wondering how to make the experience more worthwhile. Also, if like me, you have read many books to children, you will find this book to be an affirming trip down memory lane.
At this link http://www.thewiseowlfactory.com/reading.html
Parents and teachers can find free printable PDFs quick view one page reading strategies pages to print and use. The pages match much of what is explained in the 7 Keys to Comprehension book. This link is to printable PDF reading strategy checklist charts on Scholastic Teacher Share.
