"Scaffolding the primary comprehension toolkit for English language learners provides children learning English with the language and conceptual tool to read for understanding and express their thoughts and ideas"--Introduction.

Think about the text -- Notice and think about nonfiction feature -- Explore nonfiction features -- Discover your passion -- Think about what you know -- Make connections -- Merge thinking with new learning -- View and read to learn and wonder -- Wonder about new information -- Use questions as tools for learning -- Read with a question in mind -- Infer meaning -- Learn to visualize -- Make sense of new information -- Infer and visualize with narrative nonfiction -- Figure out what's important -- Paraphrase information -- Organize your thinking as you read -- Summarize information -- Read to get the big ideas -- Sharing your learning.