Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment : So What Do I Do Now?

by Caldwell, JoAnne Schudt; Leslie, Lauren

• ISBN13: 9780205405589
• ISBN10: 0205405584
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Provides strategies for connecting performance on an informal reading inventory to related and practical intervention strategies.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
An Overview of Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers	1	(8)
Reading Instruction---Past Perspectives	1	(1)
Reading Instruction---Present Perspectives	2	(1)
Principles of Effective Intervention Programs	3	(2)
Summary	5	(4)
Patterns of Reading Difficulty	9	(10)
General Patterns	9	(2)
Defining a Student's Reading Level	11	(1)
Reading Level: An Indicator of Problem Severity	12	(1)
Reading Level: An Indicator of Word Identification Proficiency	12	(3)
Reading Level: An Indicator of Comprehension Proficiency	15	(1)
Designing the Intervention Focus	16	(1)
Summary	17	(2)
The Structure of Intervention Sessions	19	(14)
The Importance of Consistent Structure	19	(2)
Individual Tutoring Structures at the Elementary Level	21	(1)
Individual Tutoring Structures at the Middle Level	22	(1)
Group Tutoring Structures at the Elementary Level	22	(2)
Group Tutoring Structures at the Middle Level	24	(1)
Classroom Intervention Structures	25	(2)
Designing Your Own Structure	27	(1)
Summary	28	(5)
Phonological Awareness	33	(16)
What Is Phonological Awareness and Why Is It Important?	33	(2)
The Importance of Rhyme	35	(1)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Rhyme Knowledge	36	(4)
Phonological Awareness Instruction	40	(1)
The Importance of Phonemic Awareness	41	(2)
Developing Phonemic Awareness Aurally	43	(3)
Summary	46	(3)
Word Identification Instruction: Phonics and More	49	(26)
What Is Systematic Phonics Instruction?	50	(1)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Problems With Word Identification	50	(3)
Guidelines for Exemplary Phonics Instruction	53	(2)
Teaching Consonant Sounds Using Shared Reading	55	(4)
Teaching Vowel Sounds: Using Spelling Patterns to Read By Analogy	59	(8)
The Importance of Cross-Checking	67	(1)
How to Learn Words That Are Difficult to Decode	67	(5)
Putting It All Together: Guided Reading	72	(1)
Summary	73	(2)
Word Identification Instruction: Fluency	75	(18)
The Importance of Fluency	75	(1)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Lack of Fluency	76	(1)
General Principles for Developing Fluency	77	(3)
Instructional Activities for Developing Fluency	80	(10)
Summary	90	(3)
Prior Knowledge and Concept Development	93	(10)
How Prior Knowledge Affects Comprehension	93	(2)
How To Assess Prior Knowledge	95	(3)
Building a Knowledge Base: Concept Development	98	(3)
Summary	101	(2)
Vocabulary Learning	103	(16)
The Importance of Vocabulary Learning	103	(1)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Vocabulary Learning	104	(1)
General Principles for Developing Vocabulary Learning	105	(5)
Instructional Activities for Fostering Word Learning	110	(6)
Summary	116	(3)
Comprehension Instruction: Retelling Narrative Text	119	(10)
The Importance of Retelling	119	(1)
The Informal Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Retell Narrative Text	120	(2)
General Principles for Developing Narrative Retelling	122	(1)
The Importance of Modeling	123	(3)
Biographies: Bridging Narrative and Expository Text	126	(1)
Summary	127	(2)
Comprehension Instruction: Expository Retelling	129	(18)
Retelling Expository Text	129	(1)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Retell Expository Text	130	(1)
General Principles for Developing Effective Expository Text Retellings	131	(2)
Instructional Strategies for Constructing Expository Retellings	133	(6)
Expository Idea Map	139	(4)
Main Idea Map	143	(2)
Summary	145	(2)
Comprehension Instruction: Answering Questions	147	(14)
The Complexity of Answering Questions	147	(2)
The Importance of Self-Questioning	149	(1)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Answer Questions	150	(1)
General Principles for Helping Students to Answer Questions	151	(2)
Instructional Activities for Answering Questions	153	(5)
Summary	158	(3)
Comprehension Instruction: General Interactive Strategies	161	(18)
The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Problems with Comprehension	162	(1)
A Framework for Interactive Teaching of Comprehension Strategies	162	(14)
Summary	176	(3)
Pulling It All Together: Designing the Intervention Structure	179	(13)
Primary Level	180	(4)
Intermediate Level	184	(4)
Middle Level	188	(3)
Summary	191	(1)
Index	192