Reading Rockets: Launching Young ReadersSeason 1, Episode 5 of 5 : Reading For Meaning
The act of reading isn't complete until a student learns to understand the words on the page. The final episode highlights effective comprehension strategies used across the country to help kids understand -- and care about -- what they read. It includes an interview with Walter Dean Myers, award-winning children's book author and recipient of three John Newberry Honor Book awards. Frank McCourt, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angela's Ashes" and a longtime teacher in the New York City schools, hosts from the New York Public Library.












