How to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies
Everything you need for a whole class reading programme

Here you will see the teaching of comprehension strategies modelled in our video tutorials, you will find reading tests to help you assess your reader's comprehension needs, high interest stories and non fiction text to use in your lessons, plus follow-up activities and worksheets to consolidate learning. You will also find lots of enthusiasm for keeping things simple and putting the fun back into reading. We have done the hard work for you!

CSI ONLiNE - Teaching Comprehension Strategies
We aim to take the mystery out of comprehension strategy instruction (CSI) with simple tried and proven teaching processes. Our three minute video tutorials will show
you what these processes are and how to use them.
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ASSESSMENT TOOLS - Identifying Reading Needs
Our Informal Prose Inventories will help you to identify the reading strategies your student is using and help you decide on the next step for instruction. These reading tests measure reading accuracy and comprehension.  
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STORIES and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
Our collections of original, high interest stories will provide you with material for your group reading lessons or for one on one instruction. These have been especially written and formatted to support the teaching of the comprehension strategies referred to above. Each story has a set of follow-up activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
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NON FICTION and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
Our Reading Across the Curriculum series provides you with non-fiction text in high interest curriculum areas. These have been especially written and formatted to support the teaching of the comprehension strategies referred to above. Each information report has a set of follow-up activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
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GUIDED SILENT READING using NZ SCHOOL JOURNALS
Available to New Zealand customers only - text not included
This very popular series provides support material, lesson plans and follow-up activities,for the stories and articles found in the New Zealand School Journals.              
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