Explaining Reading A Resource for Teaching Concepts, Skills, and Strategies

by Duffy, Gerald G.

• ISBN13: 9781572308770
• ISBN10: 157230877X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-22
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Exemplary teacher research has established that explicit teaching plays a vital role in the K-8 classroom, with particular benefits for struggling readers. This book is a practical resource for explaining reading to students who do not learn to read easily. Identified are 22 major skills and strategies associated with vocabulary development, comprehension, word recognition, and fluency. Ways to explain each skill or strategy are illustrated with abundant concrete examples, which teachers can use as starting points for developing lessons tailored to the needs, strengths, and interests of their own students. The book also shows how to move from the teacher's explanation to the student's independent use of new concepts, and how to embed explicit teaching within a context of rich, engaging literacy experiences.

Author Biography

Gerald G. Duffy, EdD, is a former classroom teacher and Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University, where he spent 25 years as a reading educator and researcher in classroom reading instruction. Since retiring from Michigan State, he has continued working in classrooms with teachers and children, both in the United States and overseas. A past president of the National Reading Conference and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, he has written and edited a number of books on reading instruction, and has published well over 100 articles and research studies on reading strategy instruction and reading teacher effectiveness.

Table of Contents

PART I. Background to Explaining
The Foundation: A Literate Environment	3	(6)
What Is Explanation?	9	(5)
What to Explain	14	(25)
How to Explain	39	(176)
PART II. Examples of How to Explain
Examples for Explaining Vocabulary
Building Word Meaning	57	(6)
Categories of Word Meaning	63	(8)
Using Context to Figure Out Word Meanings	71	(10)
Examples for Explaining Comprehension Strategies
Predicting	81	(6)
Monitoring, Questioning, and Repredicting	87	(8)
Imaging	95	(7)
Inferring	102	(7)
Look-Backs as Fix-It Strategies	109	(8)
Main Idea	117	(8)
Summarizing	125	(8)
Drawing Conclusions	133	(8)
Evaluating	141	(8)
Synthesizing	149	(10)
Examples for Explaining Word Recognition
Attending to Print Detail	159	(5)
Remembering Sight Words	164	(6)
Phonemic Awareness	170	(6)
Letter--Sound Association	176	(5)
Decoding by Analogy	181	(6)
Context and Phonics in Combination	187	(6)
Structural Analysis	193	(8)
Examples for Explaining Fluency
Quick Recognition of Look-Alike Words	201	(6)
Intonation and Phrasing	207	(8)
PART III. Conclusion
Decision, Decisions, Decisions!	215	(8)
Appendix: Additional Practical Teaching Resources	223	(2)
Index	225