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- Author: Edward Bernard Fry
- Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
- ISBN: 142062766X
- Category : Education
- Languages : en
- Pages : 162
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Do I really have to teach reading? This is a question many teachers ask, wondering how they can add a new element to an overloaded curriculum. The answer is yes; if teachers want their students to learn complex new concepts in different disciplines, they need to help develop their students’ reading skills.In Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?: Content Comprehension, Grades 6-12 , author Cris Tovani takes on the challenge of helping students apply reading comprehension strategies in any subject. Tovani shows how teachers can expand on their content expertise to provide the instruction students need to understand specific technical and narrative texts. Inside the book you’ll find: Examples of how teachers can model their reading process for students Ideas for supplementing and enhancing the use of required textbooks Detailed descriptions of specific strategies taught in context Stories from different high school classrooms to show how reading instruction varies according to content Samples of student work, including both struggling readers and college-bound seniors Comprehension Constructors : guides designed to help students recognize and capture their thinking in writing while reading Guidance on assessing students Tips for balancing content and reading instruction Tovani’s humor, honesty, and willingness to share her own struggles as a teacher make this a unique take on content reading instruction that will be valuable to reading teachers as well as content specialists.
Promotes a six-step method of teaching reading, shares the results of Dr. Edward Fry's extensive research in literacy and provides background information on the five essential elements of an effective reading program.
Based on the theory that, for ordinary purposes, a teacher needs to know the results and not the processes of psychological research, Pennell and Cusack's new book on reading bridges the gap between the laboratory and the classroom. The conclusions of the psychologists are stated briefly and without technical language. The results of investigations concerning the work of the eye in reading are admirably summed up. The authors consider the laws of learning only as they apply to reading. Throughout, the book is based upon sound psychological principles, which it accepts as a major premise and from which it proceeds deductivity.
Get the "big picture" of teaching reading in the middle school, including research, as well as the practical details you need to help every stydent become a better reader. Veteran teacher Laura Robb shares how to: teach reading strategies across the curriculum, present mini-lessons that deepen students' knowledge of how specific reading strategies work; help kids apply the strategies through guided practice; support struggling readers with a plan of action that improves their reading motivation; and much more.