In the Teacher's Guide, Steph and Anne explain the research and thinking behind The Primary Comprehension Toolkit. They include an overview of the Toolkit's components and instructional design as well as guidelines for integrating the Toolkit into your literacy curriculum. In addition to describing how to foster an active literacy classroom, the Teacher's Guide shows how to choose texts and apply the strategies in science and social studies. Click here for the Teacher's Guide table of contents.

• Thinking about Young Readers
• Why Nonfiction?
• Getting Started with Nonfiction
• What Is Comprehension and How Do We Teach It?
• Six Key Strategies
• Toolkit Comprehension Instruction
• Principles that Guide our Work
• How to Create an Active Literacy Classroom

• How to Integrate The Primary Toolkit into Your Reading Program and Your Curriculum
• The Toolkit Components
• How to Teach a Toolkit Lesson
• Lesson Titles and Texts
• Lesson Walkthrough
• Choosing and Using Text for Toolkit Instruction
• Scheduling the Toolkit into the Day, Week, and Year
• Assessment: Teaching with the End in Mind
• Using the Toolkit in Science and Social Studies: Active Literacy Across the Curriculum
• The Primary Comprehension Toolkit Research Base
• Works Cited