In the second edition of Reading with Meaning, Debbie Miller shares her new thinking about comprehension strategy instruction, the gradual release of responsibility instructional model, and planning for student engagement and independence. It has been ten years since the first edition, in which Debbie chronicled a year in her own classroom. Reading with Meaning, Second Edition supports that work and expands her vision of strategy instruction and intentional teaching and learning. Debbie believes that every child deserves at least a full year of growth during each classroom year and offers planning documents with matching assessments to ensure that no child falls through the cracks. The second edition also provides new book recommendations that will engage and delight students, and current picture books for reading aloud and strategy instruction. This new edition reflects Debbie's professional experiences and judgment, her work in classrooms and collaboration with colleagues, and the current research in the field, showcasing her newest, best thinking.
Sample Lesson 1: 1st Grade Language Arts/Nutrition Gregory the Terrible Eater Colin Goldberg's 1st graders are learning about healthy eating habits. Today, Colin is reading aloud Mitchell Sharmat's Gregory the Terrible Eater to his ...
This book focuses on what has been learned from research about fostering reading comprehension in the middle grades, providing a broad overview of current educational and psychological research about effective strategies for teaching ...
This book explains how to develop all aspects of reading comprehension for pupils aged 7--11.
In the time I spent conferring with Emelio, I could have easily touched base with three, four, five, maybe even six more children. But touching base isn't teaching. Touching base with children is a quick hi and 'bye with a little ...
Six research-based, classroom-proven strategies that will help you and your students respond to the demands of the Common Core.
The development and teaching of word recognition skills. In M. Kamil, P. Pearson, E. Moje, & P. Afflerbach (Eds.), Handbook for reading research: Volume IV (pp. 403–431). New York: Routledge. ... Vandermosten, M., Hoeft, F., & Norton, ...
"One of our biggest hopes," write Kathy and Matt, "is to help you see and value all of the powerful work young children do as readers.
According to the traditional view, meaning presents itself under the form of some kind of identity.
In What Readers Really Do, you'll peer into the minds and hearts of readers to notice the often invisible thinking work that goes into making meaning of texts-from comprehending where a scene is taking place to constructing thematic ...
"The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text provides readers with a deeper understanding of reading comprehension and recommendations for developing evidence-based instruction.