The Howard Street Tutoring Manual Teaching At-Risk Readers in the Primary Grades

by Morris, Darrell

• ISBN13: 9781593851248
• ISBN10: 1593851243
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-06
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This indispensable manual provides a comprehensive guide to one-on-one instruction for struggling readers in grades 1 to 3. The book addresses the "hows," "whats," and "whys" of setting up a volunteer or professional tutoring program, supplies assessment guidelines and reproducible forms, and presents in-depth case studies that demonstrate the nuts and bolts of tutoring three children at different stages of early literacy over an entire school year. Case study chapters offer clear descriptions of lesson plans, instructional activities, and informal assessment procedures, illustrated with realistic examples of student work.

Author Biography

Darrell Morris, EdD, is a professor of education and the director of the Reading Clinic at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1980, after which he began his college teaching career at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. Since moving to Appalachian State in 1989, he has directed the master's program in reading, researched the beginning reading and spelling processes, and helped school districts throughout the country set up early reading-intervention programs.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Tutoring Model	1	(20)
The Need for Reading Tutors	4	(3)
Why Tutoring Makes a Difference	6	(1)
A Volunteer Tutoring Program	7	(14)
Identifying Low Readers and Recruiting Tutors	7	(1)
The Tutoring Model	8	(2)
The Role of the Supervisor	10	(3)
Assessing the Program's Effectiveness	13	(2)
Program Implications	15	(6)
The Initial Reading Assessment	21	(46)
Word Recognition (Graded Lists)	23	(3)
Oral Reading (Graded Passages)	26	(7)
Spelling	33	(7)
Optional Assessments for the Emergent Reader	40	(3)
Concept of Word in Text	40	(2)
Alphabet Knowledge	42	(1)
A Sample Assessment	43	(4)
Appendix 2.1. Word Recognition Assessment	47	(5)
Appendix 2.2. Oral Reading Assessment	52	(12)
Appendix 2.3. Scoring Examples for the Spelling Task	64	(1)
Appendix 2.4. ``Katie'' Sentences for the Word Awareness Task	65	(1)
Appendix 2.5. Randomized Alphabet Letters for the Alphabet Recognition and Production Tasks	66	(1)
Atticus, the Emergent Reader	67	(47)
Summary of Initial Reading Assessment	67	(1)
Teaching Strategies	68	(18)
Contextual Reading	68	(2)
Establishing a Word Bank	70	(2)
Word Study	72	(1)
Alphabet	72	(2)
Beginning Consonants	74	(4)
Word Families	78	(4)
Sentence Writing	82	(3)
The Lesson Plan	85	(1)
Representative Tutoring Lessons across the Year	86	(15)
Lesson 1 (September 22)	86	(4)
Lesson 5 (October 6; 2 Weeks Later)	90	(2)
Lesson 11 (October 21; 3 Weeks Later)	92	(4)
Lesson 19 (November 24; 4 Weeks Later)	96	(2)
Lesson 26 (December 17; 4 Weeks Later)	98	(3)
Atticus, the Second Half of the School Year	101	(1)
Assessment of Progress	101	(7)
Informal Assessment during the Course of Tutoring	102	(3)
Beginning-of-Year/End-of-Year Assessment (Atticus)	105	(3)
Appendix 3.1. Books for Atticus Listed by Difficulty Level	108	(6)
Beth, the Fledgling Reader	114	(56)
Summary of Initial Reading Assessment	114	(2)
Teaching Strategies	116	(30)
Guided Reading	116	(1)
Providing Support	117	(4)
Monitoring Oral Reading Behavior	121	(4)
Word Study	125	(1)
Short-Vowel Word Families	126	(7)
Short-Vowel Patterns	133	(5)
Easy Reading	138	(1)
Read to Beth	139	(1)
Writing (Optional)	140	(6)
Representative Tutoring Lessons across the Year	146	(11)
Lesson 1 (September 24)	146	(2)
Lesson 18 (November 24)	148	(3)
Lesson 34 (February 11)	151	(3)
Lesson 54 (April 22)	154	(3)
Assessment of Progress	157	(8)
Informal Assessment during the Course of Tutoring	157	(5)
Beginning-of-Year/End-of-Year Assessment (Beth)	162	(3)
Appendix 4.1. Books for Beth Listed by Difficulty Level	165	(3)
Appendix 4.2. Short-Vowel Word Families and a Possible Sequence of Word Family Sorts	168	(2)
Curt, the Late-First- to Second-Grade-Level Reader	170	(63)
Summary of Initial Reading Assessment	170	(3)
Teaching Strategies	173	(36)
Guided Reading	174	(1)
Partner Reading	174	(1)
The Directed Reading--Thinking Activity (DRTA)	175	(1)
A Model DRTA Lesson	176	(6)
Planning a DRTA Lesson	182	(5)
Word Study (One-Syllable Vowel Patterns)	187	(16)
Building Reading Fluency	203	(1)
Echo Reading	204	(1)
Easy Reading	205	(1)
Repeated Readings	205	(3)
Taped Readings	208	(1)
Representative Tutoring Lessons across the Year	209	(10)
Lesson 1 (September 24)	209	(2)
Lesson 22 (December 10)	211	(2)
Lesson 37 (February 16)	213	(3)
Lesson 57 (May 6)	216	(3)
Assessment of Progress	219	(6)
Informal Assessment during the Course of Tutoring	219	(4)
Beginning-of-Year/End-of-Year Assessment (Curt)	223	(2)
In Conclusion	225	(1)
Appendix 5.1. Books for Curt Listed by Difficulty Level	226	(2)
Appendix 5.2. Word Lists from Which to Choose Words for Vowel Pattern Sorts	228	(3)
Appendix 5.3. Proposed Sequence of Vowel Pattern Sorts	231	(2)
References	233	(4)
Reading Materials Cited in Text	237	(2)
Index	239	(4)
About the Author	243