Provides teachers with many motivating ideas that energize students and improve comprehension with think aloud strategies before, during, and after reading.
Deepen the comprehension and engagement of every student you teach with this powerful second edition of Wilhelm's ground-breaking work in helping readers learn to notice and name what they are thinking, feeling, and doing as they read. Brief, dynamic lessons, practical activities, classroom scenarios, and student work samples help you to:
- monitor comprehension;
- enhance instruction in whole-group, small-group, and one-on-one settings;
- model the reading strategies that expert readers use;
- and encourage students to engage visually, emotionally, and intellectually with texts in a variety of genres.
Includes video footage that allows you to see teachers and students in action as they use think-aloud strategies!
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, professor of English education at Boise State University and a middle and high school teacher for 15 years, has authored and co-authored two dozen professional books and resources, including Engaging Readers and Writers With Inquiry and Improving Comprehension With Think-Aloud Strategies. For You Gotta BE the Book, he earned the Promising Research Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.