# comprehension

**Reading Comprehension: Classroom-Ready Tips for Teacher Think-Alouds** April 14, 2026  
*This article has been adapted from the chapter “Comprehension Instruction: Grades K–3” by Darcy Dycha and Holly Tate Rocha, in Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K–6, Second Edition, edited by Martha C.…*  
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**Improving Comprehension with Collaborative Strategic Reading** May 20, 2025  
*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “’Now It Makes Sense!’ Best Practices for Reading Comprehension,” by Stephen Ciullo and Colleen Klein Reutebuch, in the book Fundamentals of Literacy…*  
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**6 Strategies That Improve Reading Comprehension in Young Learners** February 11, 2025  
*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Comprehension Instruction: Grades K–3” by Darcy Dycha and Holly Tate Rocha, in Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K–6, Second Edition, edited by Martha…*  
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**Two Essentials for Preparing Effective Comprehension Instruction** October 29, 2024  
*Today’s post has been adapted from The Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Hennessy. Comprehension instruction potentially requires a great deal of preparation before you deliver it to your students. If…*  
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**5 Tools and Tips for Building Sentence Comprehension** September 17, 2024  
*Today’s guest post is by Nancy Hennessy & Julia Salamone, authors of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book. Sentences have been described as the “worker bees” that eventually add up…*  
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**6 Vocabulary Tools for Building Deep Understanding of Word Meaning** June 11, 2024  
*Today we’re excited to welcome two of our expert authors to the Brookes blog: Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone, co-authors of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book. The companion to…*  
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**Strengthening Reading Comprehension: New Activity Book & FREE Sample Lesson!** February 15, 2024  
*If you’re already using Nancy Hennessy’s bestselling Reading Comprehension Blueprint book—or if you’re a K-8 educator looking for ways to strengthen students’ comprehension skills—here’s an exciting new resource to check…*  
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**How to Use Questioning to Boost Reading Comprehension** November 2, 2023  
*Comprehension is key to your students’ reading success—if they can’t make meaning from the stories and texts they read, they’ll have difficulty with reading both inside and outside the classroom.…*  
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**4 Ways to Engage and Motivate Students During Reading Tasks at School** November 11, 2021  
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**4 Key Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills to English Learners** October 26, 2021  
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