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What are some reasons to teach reading comprehension strategies in content-area classes?

  • Page 1: The Significance of Reading Comprehension
  • Page 2: Improving Reading Comprehension

What can teachers do to improve their students’ reading comprehension?

  • Page 3: Introduction to CSR
  • Page 4: Overview of the CSR Reading Strategies
  • Page 5: Preview Strategy
  • Page 6: Click and Clunk Strategy
  • Page 7: Get the Gist Strategy
  • Page 8: Wrap Up Strategy

How can reading comprehension strategies be implemented in content-area classes?

  • Page 9: Cooperative Learning
  • Page 10: Preparing the Class
  • Page 11: Materials for CSR
  • Page 12: Implementing CSR

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  • Page 13: References & Additional Resources
  • Page 14: Credits
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The IRIS Center. (2008). CSR: A reading comprehension strategy. Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/csr/

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