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Help for Struggling Readers

Strategies for Grades 3-8
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This practical text presents an array of research-based instructional strategies for use with struggling readers in the upper-elementary and middle grades. It is filled with proven ideas for engaging students and developing the key components of successful reading: vocabulary, comprehension, word recognition, and fluency. Each chapter reviews techniques for working on specific skills, provides needed materials and teacher-friendly instructional tips, and lists suggestions for further reading. The book's utility is enhanced by its convenient 8" x 11" format and numerous reproducible charts, graphic organizer templates, and activities.
Introduction Understanding Struggling Readers A Stage Perspective Three Struggling Readers Assessment and Instruction Design of This Volume Section 1. Decoding Strategies Guiding Principles of Teaching Decoding Phonics in the Upper Grades Tape-Recorded Text Electronic Books Section 2. Fluency Strategies Guiding Principles of Teaching Fluency Effective Fluency Methods Classwide Peer Tutoring Self-Selected Reading Section 3. Vocabulary Strategies Guiding Principles of Teaching Vocabulary Feature Analysis Graphic Organizers Semantic Maps Vocabulary Venns Semantic Scales List\n-Group\n-Label Concept Sorts Vocabulary Clusters Silly Questions Possible Sentences Section 4. Comprehension Lesson Formats Guiding Principles of Teaching Reading Comprehension Directed Reading Activity Directed Reading\n-Thinking Activity K-W-L Listen\n-Read\n-Discuss Section 5. Questioning Strategies Levels of Questions Question\n-Answer Relationships Between the Lines (Inferential Reproducibles) Question Clusters Reciprocal Questioning Questioning the Author Section 6. Other Comprehension Strategies Specific Skill Approaches Walk-Throughs Think-Alouds Imaging Teaching with Analogies Charting New Territory Guiding Notes Reading Guides Anticipation Guides Reciprocal Teaching Guided Reading in Textual Settings Summary Writing Cloze Venns Riddles Puzzlers 20 More Ideas for Inferential Comprehension Section 7. Suggested Professional Resources Index
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