CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................... 5 Foreword by Margaret G. McKeown . ................................................................ 6 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 8 PART I: WHAT KIDS NEED TO KNOW TO COMPREHEND TEXTS CHAPTER 1: The Role of Knowledge . .................................................................. 18 CHAPTER 2: Vocabulary: Meaningful Words . ..................................................... 38 CHAPTER 3: Morphology and Etymology: The Structure and Origin of Words ................................................. 55 PART II: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO FUEL THE READING BRAIN CHAPTER 4: Comprehension: An Overview ........................................................ 66 CHAPTER 5: Comprehension: A Deep Dive . ........................................................ 71 PART III: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FUEL THE READING BRAIN CHAPTER 6: The Power of Questions and Centering the Text . .......................... 92 CHAPTER 7: The Power of Close Reading . ......................................................... 111 CHAPTER 8: Writing to Learn, Writing to Comprehend .................................... 131 Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 144 Resources ........................................................................................................... 151 References . ....................................................................................................... 154 Index . ................................................................................................................. 158
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