and support the students' efforts with meaningful activities at each stage to augment students' comprehension of reading materials. 5. In the before-reading stage, set a context for the reading. Show ...

Developing a novel approach to integrating foundational skills, comprehension and writing instruction within the context of authentic informational text reading to improve fourth- and fifth-grade ...

After fifth grade, the boost from better decoding instruction disappears. That’s probably because as grades go up, success on reading tests reflects comprehension ability more than decoding ability.