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Foreword | p. vi |
Acknowledgments | p. viii |
The Teacher on the Sidelines of Independent Reading | p. 1 |
A Call to Change | p. 2 |
Parting Ways with the Whole-Class Novel | p. 3 |
Choice: A Critical Factor in Engagement | p. 5 |
Texts That Spur Growth | p. 6 |
How Not to Squander Independent Reading Time | p. 6 |
Handing Over Responsibility to Students | p. 7 |
Dovetailing Independent Reading in the Balanced Literacy Classroom | p. 8 |
The Difference a Change Can Make | p. 11 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 12 |
Planning for Engagement: Coloring and Contouring Students' Expectations | p. 13 |
Students' Prior Experiences | p. 14 |
Shaping Students' Concept of Reader | p. 15 |
Do All Readers Lug Heavy Tote Bags? Modeling the Behavior of a Reader | p. 15 |
Windows on Their World: Reading Autobiographies | p. 17 |
Inviting Students into the Reader's World | p. 20 |
Book Talks: Plot Teaser Moments That Motivate | p. 20 |
Daily Exchanges: Sustaining Engagement, Confirming Membership | p. 22 |
Engaging Students Through Small-Group Sharing | p. 23 |
The Difference Engagement Can Make | p. 25 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 26 |
Clever Matchmaking Between Students and Books | p. 27 |
Building a Robust Classroom Library | p. 28 |
Making the Classroom Library Accessible | p. 30 |
Planning for Student Choice | p. 35 |
Creating Excitement About Fiction | p. 36 |
Launch a Shopping Spree for a Perfect Match | p. 38 |
Book Talking Nonfiction | p. 42 |
Book Shopping Record Sheets: Early in the Year Assessment Tools | p. 44 |
The Benefit of Time Well Spent | p. 49 |
Making Good Choices in the Library | p. 49 |
Teaching a Readers Expectations for Books | p. 50 |
Easing the Hunt for Books | p. 51 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 55 |
Direct Instruction and Routines in the Independent Reading Classroom | p. 57 |
Teaching Through Minilessotis | p. 58 |
Breaking Down a Complex Task: Three Types of Knowledge | p. 58 |
Anchoring the Lesson in Common Texts | p. 59 |
Using Anchor Charts to Hold Shared Thinking | p. 60 |
Anchor Charts in Action: Lesson on Inferences | p. 61 |
Reading Responses That Link Instruction and Practice | p. 64 |
Teaching the Routine of Supported independent Reading Time | p. 65 |
The Difference Seamless Instruction Can Make | p. 67 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 67 |
Teaching Through Deskside Conferences | p. 69 |
Deskside Conferences as Vehicles for Teaching | p. 70 |
The Purpose and Structure of a Conference | p. 71 |
Preparing for the Conference | p. 72 |
Initiating the Conference | p. 73 |
Focusing the Conference | p. 74 |
Checking for Understanding | p. 76 |
Keeping a Record of Deskside Conferences | p. 76 |
The Difference a Conference Can Make | p. 80 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 82 |
Capturing the Attention of Our Disengaged Readers | p. 83 |
Dealing with ôBoringö Texts: The Abandonment Conference | p. 84 |
Understanding What Keeps Readers Reading | p. 86 |
Dealing with Distractions | p. 88 |
Assessing the Comprehension of Disengaged Students | p. 93 |
Using Questions to Engage Readers | p. 96 |
Questioning the Author's Intent | p. 100 |
Questions as a Response to Engage Readers | p. 101 |
A Conference Focused on Questioning | p. 102 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 106 |
Differentiating Instruction Through Deskside Conferences | p. 107 |
Today's Reality | p. 108 |
Differentiating Instruction for Independent Readers | p. 109 |
Delayed Readers | p. 110 |
On-Level Readers | p. 115 |
Gifted Readers | p. 119 |
The Rewards of Supporting Independent Readers | p. 121 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 123 |
Teaching Comprehension in Fiction Texts | p. 124 |
Redirecting Growing Readers | p. 125 |
Story Structure: The Basis of Questions About Fiction | p. 127 |
Detecting Point of View | p. 137 |
Supporting Readers of Fiction | p. 141 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 142 |
Teaching Comprehension in Nonfiction Texts | p. 143 |
Bridging to Informational Texts | p. 144 |
Understanding the Purpose of Nonfiction Texts | p. 145 |
The Power of Pictures | p. 146 |
Reading Informational Texts | p. 147 |
Nonfiction Conferences | p. 148 |
The True Meaning of K-W-L | p. 149 |
Expecting New Learning | p. 151 |
Deepening Knowledge: The Basis of Questions About Nonfiction | p. 152 |
Broadening the Vision of Reading | p. 153 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 153 |
Assessing Independent Readers | p. 154 |
Reading Response | p. 155 |
Assessing Reading Responses | p. 158 |
Reading Log | p. 161 |
Assessing Reading Logs | p. 163 |
Final Thoughts: The Power of Change | p. 164 |
Study Guide | p. 165 |
References | p. 177 |
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