and support the students' efforts with meaningful activities at each stage to augment students' comprehension of reading materials. 5. In the before-reading stage, set a context for the reading. Show ...

After fifth grade, the boost from better decoding instruction disappears. That’s probably because as grades go up, success on reading tests reflects comprehension ability more than decoding ability.

Developing a novel approach to integrating foundational skills, comprehension and writing instruction within the context of authentic informational text reading to improve fourth- and fifth-grade ...