The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading
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The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading

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eBook - ePub

The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading

About this book

The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools.

Teaching children to read is one of the most important tasks in primary education and classroom practice needs to be underpinned by a secure foundation of knowledge. Teachers need to know what reading entails, how children learn to read and how it can be taught effectively.

This book is an essential guide for primary teachers that explores the key technical and practical aspects of how children read with strong links to theory and how to translate this into the classroom. Bite-size chapters offer accessible research-informed ideas across all major key topics including phonics, comprehension, teaching children with reading difficulties and strategies for the classroom. Key features include:

¡        Discussions of implications for the classroom
¡        Questions for further professional discussions
¡        Retrieval quizzes
¡        Further reading suggestions
¡        Glossary of key terms

Christopher Such is a primary school teacher and the author of the education blog Primary Colour. He can be found on Twitter via @Suchmo83.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contents
  7. About the author
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I Reading and its Origins
  11. 1 A brief history of reading and writing
  12. 2 Useful frameworks for reading comprehension
  13. 3 The trouble with English
  14. Part II Decoding
  15. 4 Phonics
  16. 5 Fluency
  17. Part III Language Comprehension
  18. 6 Language comprehension ≠ listening comprehension
  19. 7 Situation models
  20. 8 Comprehension monitoring
  21. 9 Inference
  22. 10 Text structure
  23. 11 Vocabulary
  24. 12 Background knowledge
  25. 13 How the elements of language comprehension interact
  26. Part IV Opportunities to Enhance Reading
  27. 14 Independent reading/reading for pleasure
  28. 15 Reading across the curriculum
  29. 16 Writing
  30. Part V Addressing Reading Difficulties
  31. 17 Dyslexia
  32. 18 Assessment and data
  33. 19 Intervention
  34. Part VI The Reading Diet
  35. 20 The current situation
  36. 21 Finding a balance
  37. 22 Questioning and discussion
  38. 23 Choosing texts
  39. 24 An action plan for classroom teachers
  40. 25 An action plan for reading coordinators
  41. Afterword
  42. Glossary
  43. Appendix A The ‘345 list’ of tier two vocabulary for primary schools
  44. Appendix B Latin and Greek root words for primary schools
  45. Appendix C Example timetables for explicit vocabulary instruction
  46. Index