Amba Press
Practical Reading Strategies
$32.95 inc GST $29.95 ex GST
Practical Reading Strategies introduces teachers to six highly effective strategies that every reader uses when grappling with texts. Through a range of engaging classroom activities, students will be introduced to Making Connections, Visualising, Questioning, Inferring, Summarising, and Synthesising as a way of making meaning and understanding what they read.
Activities range from focused close reading to group work and discussion, and are broken down into teacher and student instructions, clear examples, and the underlying theory.
With Practical Reading Strategies, all teachers can develop confidence in building their students’ abilities to read and understand.
Product overview
Practical Reading Strategies introduces teachers to six highly effective strategies that every reader uses when grappling with texts. Through a range of engaging classroom activities, students will be introduced to Making Connections, Visualising, Questioning, Inferring, Summarising, and Synthesising as a way of making meaning and understanding what they read.
Activities range from focused close reading to group work and discussion, and are broken down into teacher and student instructions, clear examples, and the underlying theory.
With Practical Reading Strategies, all teachers can develop confidence in building their students’ abilities to read and understand.
Templates from the Appendix are available to download hereÂ
About the Author
Leon Furze is an international consultant, prolific author, and speaker with more than 15 years’ experience in education leadership. His PhD studies focus on the impact of generative AI on writing instruction and education. Through state and national conference presentations and consulting services, he guides educators from K-12 to tertiary levels in understanding the implications of generative AI in education.
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