Reading for Information in Elementary School: Content Literacy Strategies to Build Comprehension was written to give k-5 teachers the tools they need to lay an educational groundwork that promotes studentsrs" success with informational text from the early grades. Packed with research-based, classroom-proven strategies, the text follows a before, during, and after reading format that models the most effective approach to reading for information, focusing on the processes required to develop content literacy. Yours"ll meet the teachers, sit in on their lessons, witness their studentsrs" responses, and come away from this text with a model for teaching your students to read successfully for information and a handbook of proven strategies to implement. Chapter 1 Reading for Information in the Elementary School Chapter 2 Conversations for Learning: Classroom and School Structures that Support Reading for Information Chapter 3 Attention Getters: Anticipatory Activities Chapter 4 Word for Word: Vocabulary Development Across the Curriculum Chapter 5 Read-Alouds and Shared Readings Chapter 6 Questions, Questions, Everywhere Chapter 7 Picture This: Graphic Organizers Chapter 8 Structured Note-Taking and Note-Making Chapter 9 Writing to Learn Chapter 10 Measurement Growth: Assessment and Testing