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 ...

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 Song ...

One of the primary missions of any educational institution is to produce graduates who are literate. The ability to derive meaning from print is central to the definition of literacy. Many people ...

There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...

When students learn to read in the early elementary years, developing phonemic awareness, decoding skills, and blending typically take priority. Another essential component of fluent reading, however, ...

Media coverage of the science of reading has focused on problems in teaching phonics. But if it doesn't also examine misunderstandings about how to teach reading comprehension, we're unlikely to see ...

Brooke Tepper, a special education resource teacher at Columbus School in Carteret, N.J., works on reading fluency with first graders, giving them parts to read aloud in a short play. Credit: Caralee ...

Reading Comprehension is a crucial section in the CAT exam, assessing a candidate's ability to understand and analyze complex passages. It requires skills in comprehension, logical reasoning, and ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once ...

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, ...