When kids can't read, what teachers can do

a guide for teachers, 6-12

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When kids can't read, what teachers can do
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When kids can't read, what teachers can do

a guide for teachers, 6-12

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  • 1 Currently reading

For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced in 1979 when she met and began teaching a boy named George. When George's parents asked her to explain why he couldn't read and how she could help, Beers, a secondary certified English teacher with no background in reading, realized she had little to offer. That moment sent her on a twenty-three-year search for answers to the question: How do we help middle and high schoolers who can't read? Now, she shares what she has learned and shows teachers how to help struggling readers with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation. Filled with student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive booklists, Beers' guide to teaching reading both instructs and inspires.

Publish Date
Publisher
Heinemann
Language
English
Pages
392

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Table of Contents

A defining moment
Creating independent readers
Assessing dependent readers' needs
Explicit instruction in comprehension
Learning to make inference
Frontloading meaning: pre-reading strategies
Constructing meaning: during reading strategies
Extending meaning: after-reading strategies
Vocabulary: figuring out what words mean something
Fluency and automaticity: the rhythm of reading
Word recognition: what's after "sound it out?"
Spelling: from word lists to how words work
Creating the confidence to respond
Finding the right book
A final letter to George.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-378) and index.

Published in
Portsmouth, NH

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
428.4/071/2
Library of Congress
LB1050.5 .B45 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 392 p. :
Number of pages
392

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17728869M
ISBN 10
0867095199
LCCN
2002011670
OCLC/WorldCat
50235011
LibraryThing
58430
Goodreads
39929

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL12228337W

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