jennyreadit's Reviews > Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement

I have had this book since it was published but only skimmed it. I love, love, love the first edition and reading it transformed my teaching. However, after hearing Stephanie Harvey speak at Furman University, I decided it was time to read the newest edition. It doesn't disappoint.In the age of Common Core Standards, everything Harvey & Goudvis suggests and states is so relevant to teaching reading and writing. The chapters on informational text and the chapter on the Genre of Test Reading offers so many ideas shared from other teachers ans well as ones they have developed. Strategy lessons new to the book are even easily marked in the Table of Contents. The Appendices include titles for mentor texts, websites for magazines and newspapers, professional journals and visuals of anchor charts. Paired with Reading and Writing Genre with Purpose is all anyone needs to read to be common core "ready."