Scaffolding the primary comprehension toolkit for English language learners : previews and extensions to support content comprehension : grades K-2 /

"Scaffolding the primary comprehension toolkit for English language learners provides children learning English with the language and conceptual tool to read for understanding and express their thoughts and ideas"--Introduction.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goudvis, Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Firsthand : Heinemann, c2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Think about the text
  • Notice and think about nonfiction features
  • Explore nonfiction features
  • Discover your passion
  • Think about what you know
  • Make connections
  • Merge thinking with new learning
  • View and read to learn and wonder
  • Wonder about new information
  • Use questions as tools for learning
  • Read with a question in mind
  • Infer meaning
  • Learn to visualize
  • Make sense of new information
  • Infer and visualize with narrative nonfiction
  • Figure out what's important
  • Paraphrase information
  • Organize your thinking as you read
  • Summarize information
  • Read to get the big ideas
  • Explore and investigate
  • Share your learning.