When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers, 6-12

by Beers, Kylene

• ISBN13: 9780867095197
• ISBN10: 0867095199
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-22
• Publisher: HEINEMAN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS

Summary

"If I had to recommend just one book to middle and secondary teachers working to support struggling readers, this would have to be the book. When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Dois a comprehensive handbook filled with practical strategies that teachers of all subjects can use to make reading skills transparent and accessible to adolescents. Bending theory with practice throughout, Kylene Beers moves teachers from assessment to instruction - from describing dependent reading behaviours to suggesting ways to help students with vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, work recognition, response to text, and so much more. But it's not just the strategies that make this book so valuable. It's the invitations to "step inside a classroom" and eavesdrop on teacher/student interactions. It's the student profiles, the "if/then" charts, the extensive booklists and, of course, the experiences of a brilliant reading teacher. This is simply the best book published to date to support struggling adolescent readers!" Gillda Leitenberg, District-wide Coordinator, English/Literacy Toronto District School Board

Author Biography

KYLENE BEERS, Ed.D., is a Senior Reading Reseacher in the Child Study Center at Yale University. A former middle school teacher, Kylene has turned her commitment to helping struggling readers into the major focus of her research, writing, speaking, and teaching. She is the current editor of Voices from the Middle, the journal of the National Council of Teachers of English

Table of Contents

A Defining Moment	1	(7)
Creating Independent Readers	8	(15)
Assessing Dependent Readers' Needs	23	(17)
Explicit Instruction in Comprehension	40	(21)
Learning to Make an Inference	61	(12)
Frontloading Meaning: Pre-Reading Strategies	73	(29)
Constructing Meaning: During-Reading Strategies	102	(36)
Extending Meaning: After-Reading Strategies	138	(38)
Vocabulary: Figuring Out What Words Mean	176	(28)
Fluency and Automaticity	204	(16)
Word Recognition: What's After ``Sound It Out''?	220	(25)
Spelling: From Words Lists to How Words Work	245	(13)
Creating the Confidence to Respond	258	(23)
Finding the Right Book	281	(19)
A Final Letter to George	300	(69)
Appendices
A Coding of Kate's First Time Teaching ``Eleven''	305	(2)
B Transcript of Kate's Think-Aloud for ``Eleven''	307	(2)
C Bookmark Templates	309	(6)
D Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes	315	(3)
E More Roots	318	(5)
F Templates	323	(4)
G Fry and Dolch Word Lists	327	(8)
H Common Phonics Generalizations	335	(4)
I 175 Most Common Syllables in the 5,000 Most Frequent English Words	339	(1)
J Interesting Sorts	340	(3)
K Easily Confused Words	343	(3)
L Common Spelling Rules	346	(4)
M Booklists	350	(17)
N Poem for Tea Party	367	(2)
References	369	(10)
Acknowledgments	379	(4)
Index	383