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Comprehension for Emergent Readers: Revisiting the Reading Rope

In this short, easy to read paper, Kambach and Mesmer revisit Scarborough’s Reading Rope and make some very strong connections with recent understanding of how comprehension should be part of instruction from the very beginning. They provide very clear examples of how language structures build comprehension. They describe how to teach big ideas to young children. They also provide a great description of why and how to teach verbal reasoning. Well worth reading – clear and practical.

Reference: Comprehension for Emergent Readers: Revisiting the Reading Rope. Anna Elizabeth Kambach, Heidi Anne Mesmer The Reading Teacher Vol. 77 No. 6 May-June 2024

Link: https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/trtr.2315

Keywords: Early Childhood | Reading

Resource Added: 5 July, 2024

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