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This book is the updated second edition of the The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategies. The Key Comprehension Routine is a flexible program that can be used to teach and practice comprehension strategies for grades 4 through 12. The routine includes the following skills and strategies: main idea skills, use of text structure, top-down topic webs, two-column notes, summarizing, and question generation using Bloom's Taxonomy. These skills are combined into a series of four activities that can be used with all content reading material and classroom lessons. In this book you will find: o An overview of reading comprehension strategies, including factors that can affect comprehension. o… Read more

This book is the updated second edition of the The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategies. The Key Comprehension Routine is a flexible program that can be used to teach and practice comprehension strategies for grades 4 through 12. The routine includes the following skills and strategies: main idea skills, use of text structure, top-down topic webs, two-column notes, summarizing, and question generation using Bloom's Taxonomy. These skills are combined into a series of four activities that can be used with all content reading material and classroom lessons. In this book you will find: o An overview of reading comprehension strategies, including factors that can affect comprehension. o A description of The Key Comprehension Routine with suggestions for how it can be implemented both in the classroom and as a school-wide program. o Hands-on suggestions for how to teach the skills in the routine embedded in content instruction. The book includes numerous examples and practice exercises, including opportunities to develop activities from reading material used in the teacher's own classroom. There are also reproducible templates.