Lessons
Lesson to improve reading comprehension by determining the main idea of a passage. Taken from Effective Instruction for Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices.
Related Resources:
Booklets
Effective Upper-Elementary Interventions for Students with Reading Difficulties: Vocabulary and Comprehension
Booklet with step-by-step lessons for teaching vocabulary and comprehension.
Podcasts
Comprehension: Get the Gist
Description of a strategy for teaching students how to identify a text’s main ideas.
Podcasts
Comprehension: Summarizing Text
Description of a strategy for teaching students how to write a summary.