7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It!

It's simple: If children don't understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultimately hurts children.

7 Keys to Comprehension is the result of cutting-edge research. It gives parents and teachers--those who aren't already using this valuable program--practical, thoughtful advice about the seven simple thinking strategies that proficient readers use:

- Connecting reading to their background knowledge
- Creating sensory images
- Asking questions
- Drawing inferences
- Determining what's important
- Synthesizing ideas
- Solving problems

Easily understood, easily applied, and proven successful, this essential educational tool helps parents and teachers to turn reading into a fun and rewarding adventure.

Author: Susan Zimmermann,Chryse Hutchins
Publisher: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
Published: 07/22/2003
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.28h x 7.36w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9780761515494
ISBN10: 0761515496
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | General
- Family & Relationships | Education

About the Author
SUSAN ZIMMERMAN is the cofounder of Denver's Public Education and Business Coalition. She lives in Denver.

CHRYSE HUTCHINS is a reading consultant and a staff developer for Denver's Public Education and Business Coalition. She lives in Denver.