The Comprehension Toolkit Series

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Staff Development with The Comprehension Toolkits

Designed for literacy coaches, reading specialists, lead teachers and administrators and framed around five PD structures -- workshops, study groups, demonstration teaching co-teaching and one-to-one coaching -- this resource enhances the practices that shape Toolkit comprehension instructions.
Scaffolding The Comprehension Toolkit for English Language Learners

Designed to help English language learners unpack the concepts, vocabulary and language structures in the Comprehension Toolkits, this resource includes previews and extensions to support ELLs to get the most out of Toolkit comprehension instruction.
Comprehension Times Three

Stephanie Harvey, Debbie Miller, and Cris Tovani invite you to spend three days learning about comprehension theory and practice K-12. Each presenter will share her current thinking about literacy teaching and learning and how to help students turn information into knowledge.

Publications and Resources

"We teach the reader, not just the reading. We want children to be lifelong learners who read actively and independently across the curriculum, who engage their minds and understand what they read. The Toolkit lessons and practices teach kids to use comprehension strategies to 'read to learn' as they encounter information and ideas in a wide variety of nonfiction texts."

Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis

The Comprehension Toolkit series includes two foundational kits, The Comprehension Tookit Grades 3-6 and The Primary Tookit: Grades K-2, as well as a number of components at additional cost, such as The Toolkit Texts and the Comprehension Intervention books. The additional Toolkit components act as spokes that are anchored by the The Comprehension Toolkit and the Primary Toolkit hubs. We continue to create Toolkit add-ons to meet the needs of a variety of learners. Stay tuned for new Toolkit spokes!

The Primary Toolkit

The 22 lessons in The Primary Comprehension Toolkit model Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis's comprehension instruction and give you an explicit framework for your teaching. Through its carefully crafted language, lessons, and professional support, The Primary Toolkit equips you to design your own strategy lessons, using informational text of your own choice.

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The Comprehension Toolkit

Through The Comprehension Toolkit Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis offer an intensive course of study designed to help intermediate-grade students understand, respond to, and learn from nonfiction text. With the teaching and learning focus on comprehension strategies, the Tookit provides a foundation for developing independent readers and learners across the curriculum and throughout the school year.

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The Toolkit Texts

Four volumes of short, engaging nonfiction articles at the PreK/1, 2/3, 4/5, and 6/7 grade reading level to give kids additional practice in nonfiction reading. They each include a CD with all of the articles translated into Spanish and printable in living color!

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Comprehension Intervention: Small Group Lessons for the Comprehension Toolkit

A resource with additional comprehension lessons for kids who need more practice with Toolkit strategy instruction. Offered at the primary and intermediate level, these books are designed to help teachers provide comprehension instruction for small, flexible, needs-based groups. Recommended for RTI support.

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