Alex Quigley is an English teacher and Director of Huntington Research School, York, England. He blogs at www.theconfidentteacher.com and he is the author of ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’, published by ...

AbstractCore reading programs provide the curriculum and guide the instruction for many classroom teachers. The purpose of this study was to conduct a curriculum analysis of comprehension instruction ...

Ask questions as you read: Engage with the text by asking questions and making predictions about what will happen next.

The Reading Teacher, Vol. 64, No. 3, Reading in Grades 4-6: Focus on Expository Reading (NOVEMBER 2010), pp. 166-178 (13 pages) ...

Better understand your assigned readings Formulate questions to use in class discussions Record interesting thoughts for future papers and assignments Better recall information for tests and quizzes ...

Reading, like writing, is an active process. Reading involves three major phases: previewing, reading, and reviewing. Participating in all three stages of the reading process can help you engage with ...

The SAT Reading Test assesses comprehension and analytical skills through diverse passages. Strategic navigation is key, involving skipping difficult questions, focusing on relevant text, and ...

Reading fluency is the ability to read with proper speed, accuracy, and expression. Children, and people in general, must be able to read fluently in order to understand what they’re reading. This ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the roles of reading strategies in literacy instruction? There is little disagreement that reading strategies have a role in literacy instruction. There is, ...