Strategies for Reading Assessment and Instruction: Helping Every Child Succeed (with MyEducationLab)

by Reutzel, D. Ray; Cooter, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9780131721456
• ISBN10: 0131721453
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The third edition ofStrategies for Reading Assessment and Instructionprovides a wealth of complementary and practical ideas for teachers who need to assess and address students'reading achievement.Each of the strategy-driven chapters moves from a set of theory-informed assessment tools to intervention strategies that will address students'reading needs. The indispensable IF-THEN charts present these strategies in an instantly applicable manner. Readers diagnose the specific problem their students are having, then immediately discover which of the chapter's strategies are most beneficial in assisting them. Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, and General Inservice teachers.

Author Biography

Robert B. Cooter, Jr. is Professor of Urban Literacy & Reading Education in the Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership at The University of Memphis. D. Ray Reutzel is currently the Emma Eccles Jones Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Emma Eccles Jones Center for Early Childhood Education at Utah State University.

Table of Contents

Section I FOCUS ON COMPREHENSIVE READING INSTRUCTION
No Child Left Behind: Comprehensive Reading Instruction	1	(22)
The Reading Wars: A Time of Turmoil in Reading Instruction	2	(2)
Balanced Reading Instruction: Attempted Compromise, Confused Message	4	(1)
The Advent of Comprehensive Reading Instruction	5	(1)
What Is a Comprehensive Reading Program?	6	(5)
The Milestones of Reading Development: Knowing Which Skills to Teach and When	11	(5)
End-of-Year Reading Benchmark Skills	16	(4)
An Invitation . . .	20	(1)
Selected References	20	(3)
Classroom Reading Assessment	23	(26)
Learning Fundamentals	24	(2)
Principles of Classroom Reading Assessment	26	(1)
Finding Out What Kids Can Do: Basic Assessment Strategies	27	(13)
Observation and Collection Strategies	40	(7)
Only the Beginning	47	(1)
Selected References	47	(2)
Understanding Reading Instruction	49	(38)
Reading to, with, and by Children	49	(1)
Reading to Children	50	(8)
Reading with Children	58	(15)
Reading by Children	73	(7)
In Conclusion	80	(1)
Selected References	80	(7)
Section II ORGANIZING FOR INSTRUCTION
Organizing for Effective Comprehensive Reading Instruction	87	(22)
Preparing and Organizing an Effective Literacy Environment in the Classroom	87	(12)
Scheduling Classroom Reading Instruction: The Five-Block Reading/Writing Essentials Model	99	(6)
Small-Group Differentiated Reading Instruction/Collaborative and Independent Reading and Writing Practice (60 Minutes)	105	(1)
Selected References	106	(3)
Section III ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
Oral Language Assessment and Development	109	(40)
Background Briefing for Teachers	109	(7)
Assessing Oral Language Development	116	(15)
Teaching Strategies for Developing Oral Language	131	(14)
Adapting Instruction for Those Who Struggle	145	(1)
Selected References	145	(4)
Children's Concepts About Print	149	(30)
Background Briefing for Teachers	150	(1)
What Are the Concepts About Print?	151	(2)
Assessing Children's Concepts About Print	153	(6)
If Then Thinking: Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	159	(1)
Instructional Interventions and Strategies: Helping Every Student Learn Concepts About Print	159	(15)
Additional Strategies for English-Language Learners	174	(1)
Including All Students	175	(2)
Selected References	177	(2)
Phonemic Awareness and Alphabetic Principle	179	(26)
Background Briefing for Teachers	179	(2)
Assessing Students' Understanding of Phonemic Awareness and the Alphabetic Principle	181	(1)
Assessment Category I: Assessing Phonemic Awareness	181	(7)
Assessment Category II: Assessing Letter Knowledge	188	(1)
Assessment Category III: Assessing Alphabetic Principle Knowledge	189	(2)
Intervention Category I: Strategies for Teaching Phonemic Awareness	191	(7)
Intervention Category II: Strategy for Learning About Letters	198	(2)
Intervention Category III: Teaching the Alphabetic System	200	(1)
Additional Strategies for English-Language Learners	201	(1)
Selected References	202	(3)
Phonics and Word Attack Skills	205	(32)
Background Briefing for Teachers	205	(8)
When to Teach Specific Phonics and Other Word Attack Skills: The Scope of Instruction	213	(1)
What Does a Good Phonics and Word Attack Program Look Like?	213	(2)
Assessing Phonics and Word Attack Knowledge	215	(6)
Teaching Strategies: Helping Students Increase Phonics and Word Attack Knowledge	221	(12)
Selected References	233	(4)
Teaching and Assessing Vocabulary Development	237	(28)
Background Briefing for Teachers	238	(4)
Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge	242	(2)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	244	(2)
Teaching Strategies: Helping Students Increase Their Reading Vocabularies	246	(17)
Selected References	263	(2)
Reading Comprehension: Focus on the Reader	265	(48)
Background Briefing for Teachers	266	(1)
The Reader	266	(1)
The Influence of Readers' Prior Knowledge and Experience on Reading Comprehension	267	(2)
The Influence of Readers' Motivations, Sociocultural Contexts, and Strategies on Reading Comprehension	269	(2)
Assessing Factors Within the Reader That Influence Reading Comprehension	271	(1)
Assessing Readers' Prior Knowledge	271	(2)
Assessing Readers' Use of Comprehension Strategies	273	(6)
Assessing Readers' Social Collaborations in Reading Comprehension	279	(3)
Assessing Student Motivation for Reading	282	(11)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	293	(1)
Instructional Interventions and Strategies: Helping the Reader Improve Reading Comprehension	293	(3)
Strategies to Activate and Build Students' Prior or Background Knowledge	296	(3)
Cooperative or Collaborative Strategies to Increase Student Interaction and Motivation	299	(2)
Cognitive Comprehension Strategies to Increase Students' Reading Comprehension	301	(8)
Adapting Strategy Instruction for Those Who Struggle	309	(1)
Selected References	310	(3)
Reading Comprehension: Focus on the Text	313	(40)
Background Briefing for Teachers	313	(4)
Assessing Students' Knowledge of Text Features and Structure: Narrative and Expository Text	317	(12)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	329	(1)
Text Comprehension Instructional Strategies: A Focus on Narrative Text	329	(10)
Text Comprehension Instructional Strategies: A Focus on Expository Text	339	(10)
Selected References	349	(4)
Developing Research and Reference Skills	353	(26)
Background Briefing for Teachers	353	(1)
Assessing Student Knowledge of Research and Reference Skills	354	(4)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	358	(1)
Teaching Students Research and Reference Skills	358	(19)
Selected References	377	(2)
Writing and Reading	379	(28)
Background Briefing for Teachers: Writing Connections to Reading	380	(1)
Assessing Writing Development	380	(3)
Other Activities for Assessing Reading-Writing Connections	383	(5)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	388	(1)
Teaching Strategies	388	(11)
Writing Connections With Books: Drawing Students Closer	399	(3)
Book Making and Publishing Activities	402	(2)
Selected References	404	(3)
Reading Fluency	407	(30)
Background Briefing for Teachers	408	(1)
What Is Fluency?	408	(3)
Assessing Children's Reading Fluency	411	(7)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	418	(1)
Developing Reading Fluency for All Children	418	(13)
Including All Students	431	(1)
Additional Strategies for English-Language Learners	431	(1)
Selected References	432	(5)
Engaging in Literature Response	437	(46)
Background Briefing for Teachers	437	(3)
Assessing Readers' Responses to Literature	440	(23)
Responding to Reading for All Children	463	(1)
Connecting Assessment Findings to Teaching Strategies	463	(12)
Additional Strategies for English-Language Learners	475	(1)
Including All Students	476	(3)
Selected References	479	(4)
Section IV GOING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WALLS
Getting Families Involved: Helping Parents to Help Their Children	483	(20)
Background Briefing for Teachers	484	(3)
Activities for Family and Community Involvement	487	(2)
Part I: Providing Strategies for Parents	489	(8)
Part II: Community Involvement	497	(4)
Selected References	501	(2)
Appendix	503	(14)
Name Index	517	(6)
Subject Index	523