reading (middle school)

Offers strategies and techniques for understanding the thinking work that goes into comprehending texts, covering how to move students to more complex material, building readers' identity, and thoroughly engage learners with the written word.

Presents an annotated listing of multicultural books for young people ages eleven to fifteen, arranged alphabetically by title, with author and cultural indexes. Expands the definition of multicultural to cover ethnicity, sexual orientation, and physical, mental, or emotional challenges.

From the Publisher: Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. The book includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.

Provides strategies for assessing students' reading comprehension, including four fiction and nonfiction reading passages for each grade level from first through eighth grade and rubrics for each. Includes CD-ROM.

Provides sixty-four effective comprehension lessons designed to help elementary school teachers incorporate reading comprehension into their curriculum.