Sometimes Reading Is Hard
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Sometimes Reading Is Hard

Using decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies to inspire fluent, passionate, lifelong readers

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sometimes Reading Is Hard

Using decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies to inspire fluent, passionate, lifelong readers

About this book

When students say that reading is boring, difficult, overwhelming, or they cannot find a good book, it is almost impossible to sell them on the idea that reading is fun and worthwhile. Sometimes Reading is Hard shows teachers how to develop the skills students need to be successful and how to cultivate passionate, lifelong readers. Classroom vignettes, promising practices, and step-by-step activities illustrate how teachers can weave teaching the skills of reading, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency with real reasons to read. When students want to read and they enjoy it, their reading skills improve. With the right motivation, any student can become an enthusiastic reader.

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Information

Publisher
Pembroke
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781551383514
eBook ISBN
9781551389516
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Professional Development

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: Setting Off Down the Path
  6. Learning to Read Is Work
  7. A Responsibility to Break the Cycle
  8. Learning How to Teach Reading Is Work
  9. The Spark for This Book
  10. What You Will Find in This Book
  11. Chapter 1: What Do You Mean I Have to Teach Reading?
  12. The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
  13. Underlying Considerations in Teaching Reading
  14. Chapter 2: Decoding: On the Path to Fluency
  15. Before Children Read, They Talk
  16. Learning the Sounds of Language
  17. Code Breaking
  18. When Guessing Doesn’t Cut It
  19. Make It Fun
  20. Is Decoding for Older Readers Too?
  21. From Talk to Print
  22. Love at First “Sight”
  23. The Place for Assessment
  24. Key Strategies to Help You Teach Decoding
  25. Chapter 3: Fluency: Teaching How to Recognize Words Automatically
  26. What Is Reading Fluency?
  27. Reading Fluency: More than Speed
  28. Target the Reasons Fluency Is Hard to Achieve
  29. What Doesn’t Work: Round Robin Reading
  30. What Does Work: Teachers Reading Aloud to Students
  31. Get Them Reading: Offer Books Tailored to Students’ Interests or Just Plain Good Books
  32. Collaborative Reading Opportunities
  33. Key Strategies to Help You Teach Fluency
  34. Chapter 4: Vocabulary: Teaching How to Build a Library of Words
  35. The Word-Rich Get Richer, The Word-Poor Get Poorer
  36. Continual Exposure to Reading
  37. Which Words to Teach?
  38. The Role of Dedication in Vocabulary Development
  39. Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School
  40. Key Strategies to Help You Teach Vocabulary
  41. Chapter 5: Comprehension: Teaching How to Construct Meaning from Reading
  42. Why Comprehension Is Sometimes Hard
  43. Comprehension: An Interactive Personal Experience
  44. Creating a Mindset Primed for Comprehension
  45. Three Stages of Reading: Three Opportunities to Boost Comprehension
  46. Key Strategies to Help You Teach Comprehension
  47. Chapter 6: Sustaining the Journey: How to Inspire Your Students to Love Reading
  48. The One Book That Changes Everything!
  49. Key Strategies for Inspiring a Life-Long Relationship with Reading
  50. Bolster the Reading Relationship with Action
  51. Conclusion: Where Does the Path Lead Now?
  52. Why We Do It
  53. Acknowledgements
  54. References
  55. Index