Chapter books challenge readers' ability to synthesize and accumulate information, and sustain comprehension. Longer texts require readers to be more skilled around the goals of:

• sustaining understandings about plots that have many events, and may include events out of order (flashback, foreshadowing)
• visualizing

As nonfiction books become more sophisticated, they challenge students’ ability to synthesize and accumulate information and sustain comprehension. Longer texts require readers to be more skilled around the goals of:

• Determining the main idea of of sections, chapters, and the whole book
• Identifying and separating

Chapter books and increasingly complex nonfiction books challenge readers' ability to synthesize and accumulate information, and sustain comprehension. Longer texts require readers to be more skilled around several key goals:

• Fiction: Plot and setting; character; vocabulary and figurative language; and themes and ideas
• Nonfiction: Main

Uncover the Power of Nonfiction with The Primary Comprehension Toolkit

The Primary Comprehension Toolkit stands out with its sharp focus on nonfiction texts, presenting a wealth of strategies and lessons to empower students to engage with, understand, and learn from informational texts. The Toolkit helps students navigate informational text, connect new ideas... more