Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension

By Linda Hoyt

How can we be certain that students are making sense of print? What can we do to improve comprehension? The author of this text is convinced that thoughtful reflection and retelling are the keys. When readers reflect upon and retell what they know about a text, they experience deeper levels of understanding and increased communicative competency.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325000719
• ISBN13: 9780325000718
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 21 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

WOW! WOnderful!!

I went to Linda's workshop that went along with this book and I left with more ideas than I have ever gotten in any workshop or college course!! This book is a must have for any elementary teacher, elem. student parent, any Special ed teacher or ESL teacher. I keep the book and my notes right next to my lesson plans. The ideas for reading comprehension are so creative and a wonderful escape for learning from pencil and paper questions.

Very useful!

Unlike other books that just give you graphic organizers without the reason or strategy behind it, this book shows how and why to use the great reproducibles. She also tells how teachers should initiate a retelling or get kids to revisit the text. Her techniques are much like what I learned in my literature-based course but she gives a simple format to use instead of me having to think of my own. These reproducibles can be done with any age and are great to use where certain children have weaknesses. I highly recommend this book! This is not a book that will be stuck in a shelf! I have many great resource books that are almost a necessity but for a majority of the time I never touch them. I have used this book time and time again with great success!

Wow! What an amazing and easy to use tool for teachers!

This book contains an incredible amount of useful information and ready to use strategy sheets for students. Includes wonderful pre, during, and post reading strategies to help students with their comprehension. Also includes great student self-assessment sheets. Extremely easy to use for teachers! Highly recommended!

Powerful and practical comprehension strategies. Must have!

This book is essential for teachers who want to help students construct meaning in authentic ways. The strategies are brilliant because they are easy to use, but not prescriptive.

You will keep this right on your desk all year.

This book is a highly useful, practical, up-to-date compilation of the best research based reading strategies. It draws from many sources, and presents lessons on one page in a clear format. You will be able to use lessons right away. The black line masters are very clear and visually uncluttered. Our professional bookclub read it and people from several grade levels found it to be a wonderful resource. I have tried Alphaboxes, Read and Retell, and Reciprocal Teaching with success at grades 3 and 4. This is a book that you won't want to keep on a shelf. It will be right on your desk so that you can use it as you make plans.