Booksource, partnering with the professional development firm
Gretchen Courtney and Associates, selects titles based on the
opportunities they present to directly teach the comprehension
strategies most often identified in current reading research:

Predicting – Using information from graphics, text, and
experiences to anticipate what will be read and to actively
enhance and adjust comprehension while reading.

         Summarizing – Identifying and accumulating
         key ideas in a text.

Connecting – Engaging and applying background information to
construct a deeper understanding of key ideas and themes
while reading.

Questioning – Posing and answering self-generated questions
that clarify meaning and promote deeper understanding of text.

   Inferring – Forming a conclusion about the author’s meaning
   using background knowledge and clues from text.

                       Imaging – More than just visualizing, imaging helps
                       readers create and organized sensory and
                       conceptual images to process and understand text.