Reading Comprehension Resources for Teachers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehensionia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension
This Wiki is all about reading comprehension. Reading comprehension is defined at length. Vocabulary and reading strategies are also discussed. This is a great first stop for beginning teachers or anyone wanting to know about the basics of reading comprehension.

http://reading.ecb.org/
This website, Into the Book, is a comprehension resource for teachers and students in grades K-4. They focus on eight research-based strategies: using prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, evaluating and synthesizing. Behind the Lesson provides information and teaching resources for each strategy. The website also features professional development videos, lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

http://www.marin.edu/~don/Study/7read.html
This is an article for teachers featuring 7 ways to improve reading comprehension.

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/pressley/index.html
This is a great article on comprehension instruction for teachers.

http://www.keystoliteracy.com/adolescent/literacy/research-based-comprehension-strategy-instruction.pdf
This is another great article for teachers on comprehension strategy instruction. The article includes discussion on research-based effective comprehension instruction and strategy instruction for adolescent readers.

http://www.resourceroom.net/Comprehension/index.asp
The Resource Room has lessons and articles on comprehension for teachers.

http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2&MMN_position=4:4
This website has wonderful comprehension resources for teachers from the Reading Lady. Resources include strategy instruction and *free comprehension worksheets for students.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2983
This Scholastic website features many *free graphic organizers from Venn Diagrams to Character Comparison worksheets. These graphic organizers are a great supplement to any reading series to improve student comprehension.

http://esl.about.com/od/readinglessonplans/Reading_Lesson_Plans_for_English_Learners_at_All_Levels.htm
This website features reading comprehension lesson plans for English Learners at all levels.

http://www.freereading.net/index.php?title=Comprehension_Activities
This website features many comprehension lessons for teachers including comprehension monitoring, visualization maps, and prediction charts.