Full Description
This is a core text for the Elementary Reading Methods course, sometimes referred to as Developmental Reading. It is distinguished by its heavy emphasis on reading instruction. Most reading texts are organized around what research says about learning to read. "Improving Classroom Reading Instruction" focuses more on teaching, i.e., on how teachers think and act in order to help students achieve literacy (the ability to read and write).
Contents
PART ITradition in Reading Instruction CHAPTER 2: The Reading and Writing Curriculum CHAPTER 3: Learning and Student Diversity CHAPTER 4: Instruction, Motivation, and Methodology PART II: STRUCTURING AND TEACHING THE READING CURRICULUM CHAPTER 5: Helping Students Feel Good About Reading: Attitude Goals CHAPTER 6: Helping Students Comprehend Text: Content Goals CHAPTER 7: Helping Students Use Words: Process Goals CHAPTER 8: Helping Students Use Comprehension Strategies: Process Goals CHAPTER 9: Helping Students Study: Process Goals PART III: GETTING ORGANIZED FOR INSTRUCTION CHAPTER 10: How to Establish a Literate Environment: The Key to Whole Language Instruction CHAPTER 11: Assessment Which Promotes Teacher and Student Control CHAPTER 12: Grouping: Whole, Collaborative, and Ability CHAPTER 13 : How to Modify Basal Text Prescriptions CHAPTER 14: How to Plan and Teach Lessons and Units CHAPTER 15: How to Manage Reading Instruction Preschool and Kindergarten Reading: Emergent Literacy CHAPTER 17: Teaching Primary Grade Reading: Initial Mastery Stage CHAPTER 18: Teaching Middle Grade Reading: Expanded Fundamentals Stage CHAPTER 19: Teaching Upper Grade Reading: Application Stage PART V: CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL GROWTH CHAPTER 20: Continued Professional Growth
