In this lesson, students will learn strategies to comprehend fiction text. In this lesson, students will learn strategies to comprehend fiction text. Mrs. Wright will read the book, Blacksmith's ...

Over two-thirds of educators said that students who struggle with reading comprehension could not decode enough of the words in the text. Decoding is typically taught in grades K-2, as students ...

teachers spent 23 percent of class time on average teaching reading comprehension across grades K-12. That number alone doesn’t mean much, said Capin, as averages varied across the grade levels.

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words ... “Teachers frequently report that their ...

Teaching a child to decode words is a critical early step in reading instruction. But just because children can read words doesn’t mean they understand them. “Reading comprehension ...

An eight-year-old girl from Plumstead is on a mission to help other children read better and gain confidence. Lilah Davies, a Grade 2 learner of St Anne’s Primary School, has loved reading since she ...

However, if we are serious about improving reading – and education outcomes for children at large – we might be better off if we stopped testing reading in third grade rather than started it.