
Episode #10
#419 Whole Book Comprehension with Jennifer Serravallo (Season X Finale pt.2)
In this episode, Jacob Chastain sits down with Jennifer Serravallo to discuss Whole Book Comprehension and why knowledge building, sustained reading, and deep comprehension deserve a renewed place in today's classrooms. Together, they explore how literacy instruction has shifted over the past decade, why whole-book reading has become less common, and whether today's emphasis on knowledge-rich instruction is something new—or a return to what we've always known works. Jennifer also shares practical strategies for making whole-book teaching fit into real classrooms, how it connects with shorter texts and excerpts, and ways teachers and PLCs can begin strengthening comprehension instruction this school year. Whether you're a classroom teacher, coach, or school leader, this conversation will challenge the way you think about reading—and give you practical ideas you can use right away. **Announced in this episode is the new podcast from Jacob Chastain, The Golden Table. Click here to listen now. Jennifer Serravallo is the author of The New York Times ' bestselling The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 and The Writing Strategies Book . These and some of her other titles have been translated into Spanish , French, Italian, and Chinese. Her popular books and resources help teachers make goal-directed, responsive, explicit strategy instruction doable in every classroom. Her newest titles are The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 ; Teaching Writing in Small Groups ; A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences , and the assessment and teaching resource Complete Comprehension for Fiction and Nonfiction .

