Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Elementary School Libraries

Time-strapped educators wonder whether partnering with teacher-librarians will realistically improve students' scores, but studies show that collaboration improves overall effectiveness in increasing students' reading comprehension. Moreillon, a veteran teacher-librarian, updates Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension to draw on cutting-edge research in instructional strategies, offering a clear, rigorous roadmap to teaching reading comprehension in a proven collaborative process. Incorporating the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, Moreillon presents *Strategies for improving reading comprehension, complete with updated graphic organizers, sample lesson plans, and technology-centered examples *Practical steps for streamlining the coteaching lesson-planning process, boiling it down to three levels of literacy development *Techniques for strengthening collaborative partnerships through flexible design and delivery *Guidance for incorporating library programs into research-driven teaching practices