Teaching Students to Read Informational Texts-Independently!: 30 Step-by-Step Strategy Lessons That Scaffold Essential Common Core Reading Skills to Help Students Tackle Informational Texts on Their Own

Model lessons and engaging activities help students apply research-based reading strategies to informational texts so that they can read and comprehend complex texts. Students will learn these key reading strategies:

* finding key details
* determining main idea
* locating text evidence to support an answer
* using text features
* understanding text structure
* summarizing text
* asking and answering questions
* and much more!

Armed with these reading skills, students can successfully tackle complex informational texts and really become independent readers. For use with Grades 3-5.