They will read the book and pause to do their thinking. First, her famous real reading salad shows students how text and thinking mix to make reading. Comprehension connections by mcgregor, tanny harvey, stephanie frw. Lessons and units for closer reading, grades 36 corwin. I use this record sheet with a metacognition lesson. Written response rubrics are your students required to show written comprehension. Fortunately tanny mcgregor has developed visual, tangible, everyday lessons that make abstract thinking concrete and that can help every child in. Comprehension connections mcgregor, tanny harvey, stephanie. Create a flyer for lessons and units for closer reading.
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