Comprehension: It’s the Heart of the Matter

As we work to improve how we teach phonics, phonemic awareness, and word recognition while adding in writing instruction and content knowledge, we’re all working toward a key goal. It’s reading comprehension.

In this episode of Literacy Talks, we turn our attention to comprehension and the tapestry of skills that come together for readers and learners of all ages as they read for meaning, knowledge, and the sheer joy of learning and discovery.

This episode delivers best practices for building knowledge and will give you a new understanding of—that’s right—understanding what we read!

Show Notes
Literacy Leaders

• Dr. Hugh Catts

Resources

• Rethinking How to Promote Reading Comprehension—Hugh W. Catts, Winter 2022
• Developing an R&D Program to Improve Reading Comprehension RAND Reading Study Group (RRSG) 2003
• The Big Sky Literacy Summit
• NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
• Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert—Castles, Rastle, and Nation
• Reading for Understanding Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension—Catherine Snow, RAND

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