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I have been using TC Reading Workshop for a long time and Comprehension Toolkit for the past two years. So far I see a lot of similarities between the Seven Keys and Toolkit but with a focus on at-home reading. Parent often don't understand what comprehension looks like. So many well-meaning parents often question why their 2nd grader, who is decoding at a 6th grade level, isn't being challenged with middle school texts. I always pull out the analogy of me being able to decode a book on astrophysics but have no background knowledge to comprehend it.

As primary students make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn, it is imperative that they are explicitly taught how to comprehend a text. I am hoping this book will give me a fresh perspective on what I am doing in my classroom and a way to better vocalize to parents how they can carry it over at home.