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"Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: * Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go, * Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer, * View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen, * Print out the stories and poems to make your own book."

Comprehension Instruction: What Makes Sense Now, What Might Make Sense Soon Michael Pressley There are a variety of well-validated ways to increase comprehension skills in students through instruction; these are summarized in this article. In addition, new hypotheses about effective comprehension instruction are emerging, and these are also summarized. Although too little comprehension instruction is now occurring in schools, much is known that would enable such teaching to be done with confidence; more will be known as the emerging hypotheses are evaluated in the years ahead.

Reading Skills, Teaching Today, Glencoe Online

Reading Strategies online: great resource

"A Puzzle To the Rest of Us": Who Is a "Reader" Anyway? Bronwyn T. Williams

"Reading Success with Expository Texts Struggling readers present secondary classroom teachers with unique challenges. Secondary teachers are experts in their subject areas but they have not been trained to "teach" reading. However, when given an expository text, struggling readers require intervention in order to understand what they are reading. This week, we offer a series of tips teachers can implement immediately to help struggling readers comprehend expository text."

"Reading in the Content Areas: Strategies for Success"