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Brain-friendly strategies to help all students become lifelong readers
Learning to read is more than just an educational issue; it's a social justice issue. Did you know that struggling readers are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school? Through time-tested, research-based neurocognitive teaching strategies, 10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students with Reading Difficulties will enable you to hone readers' skills and help students from all grade levels develop their ability to create meaning from print.
Drawing from five key areas of neurocognitive research, Andrew Johnson provides a ten-point teaching strategy that encompasses vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, writing and more. A key resource for creating intervention plans for struggling readers, features include:
Information on the often-overlooked importance of emotions in the process of overcoming reading struggles
Strategies to promote voluntary reading, even for the most reluctant students
Useful resources such as graphic organizers, additional reading and writing activities, and QR codes that link to videos
Use these strategies today and you can count on more students leaving your classrooms as fluent, lifelong readers.
"Dr. Johnson tells the story of reading in a logical and clear manner with a book that is excellently researched, immaculately referenced, and full of practical tips for the practitioner."
Terry Bernstein, Former Senior Literacy Difficulties Specialist
London Boroughs of Camden and Westminster, UK
"This is the text I wish I had when I began to teach. Dr. Johnson clearly illustrates the process our brain uses to create meaning from text."
Marty Duncan, Ed.D., Author and Former Educator
Contents
Introduction
Context
Code First or Meaning First
Tools in Your Teaching Toolbox
Audience
Section I. Understanding the Reading Process
Chapter 1. Creating Meaning With Print: The Neurocognitive Model
Understanding Reading
Reading: A Neurological Perspective
The Neurocognitive Process
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Chapter 2. Eye Movement and Neural Pathways
Eye Movement During Reading
Understanding Our Learning Organ
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Chapter 3. Understanding Reading From a Cognitive Perspective
The Difference Between Brain and Mind
The Information Processing Model
The Two-Way Flow of Information
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Section II. Diagnosing Reading Problems, Documenting Progress, and Planning Instruction
Chapter 4. Diagnosis and Documentation
Diagnosing the Problem
Graded Word Lists
Graded Reading Passages
Assessing Comprehension
Putting It Together
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Chapter 5. Reading Lessons
SRE Lesson
Guided Reading Lesson
Shared Reading Lesson
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Section III. 10 Instructional Elements
Chapter 6. 10 Elements of Reading Instruction
No Magical Programs
Comprehensive Reading Instruction
Teaching Reading With the Brain in Mind
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Chapter 7. Emergent Literacy: Concepts of Print and Phonemic Awareness
Approaches to Early Literacy Instruction
Creating the Conditions for Early Literacy Learning
Concepts of Print
Phonemic-Phonics Hybrid Activities
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Chapter 8. Emotions and Motivation
Emotions
The Value-Expectancy Theory of Motivation
Some Basic Strategies
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Chapter 9. Literature and Instructional Approaches
Strategies for Promoting Voluntary Reading
Instructional Approaches
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Chapter 10. Phonics
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14 Strategies
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Appendix: Phonics Checklist
Chapter 11. Strategies for Developing Word Identification Skills
Terms and Concepts Related to Word Identification
Context Clues: The Semantic Cueing System
Word Order and Grammar: The Syntactic-Cueing System
Word Parts
Morphemic Analysis
Sight Words
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Chapter 12. Fluency
Reading Fluency
Neural Pathways and Networks
Strategies for Enhancing Reading Fluency
Avoid Round-Robin Reading
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Chapter 13. Comprehension of Narrative Text
Comprehension Basics
Teaching Tips
Activities Organized by Cognitive Process
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Chapter 14. Comprehension of Expository Text
Expository Text
Teacher Pre-Reading Strategies
Study-Skill Strategies
Pedagogical Strategies to Develop Cognitive Processes Related to Comprehension
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Chapter 15. Vocabulary
Attending to Vocabulary
General Principles for Developing Students' Vocabulary
Strategies for Developing Students' Vocabulary
Visual Displays and Graphic Organizers
Last Word About Words
Chapter 16. Writing
The Why and How of Writing
Specific Strategies
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Epilogue
