This new edition of When kids can't read--what teachers can do is a guidebook for those who teach students who struggle with reading. Extensively rewritten by Kylene Beers, it offers practical teaching scaffolds and strategies in the areas of comprehension, vocabulary development, fluency, and engagement.
"Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst explore why independent reading is vital to the intellectual and developmental growth of students as citizens of our world and as architects of the future"-Provided by publisher.
Contains essays concerning literacy in adolescents, addressing topics such as comprehension, classroom discussion, vocabulary instruction, writing strategies, inquiry, assessment, and more.
"Kylene and Bob have designed these bookmarks to be at-hand guides as students closely read literary or nonfiction texts. One side contains the 6 signposts for literary texts from Notice & Note. The other side displays the 5 signposts for nonfiction texts from Reading Nonfiction. With each signpost is helpful advice on when to STOP in a text and what questions readers can ask themselves when they spot a signpost"--Publisher's website.
Provides a guide for professionals that focus on how to identify six signposts that help readers notice significant moments in a work of literature, provide six text-dependent anchor questions, and offer six notice and note model lessons.
Offers information and strategies for teachers on how to help students in grades six through twelve who have trouble with reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation.
A collection of essays that discuss what middle school students like to read, what their reading level is, how they react when they can't read, what teachers can do to help them enjoy reading, and other related topics.
Presents an annotated bibliography of over one thousand fiction and nonfiction books of interest to high school students, grouped in over thirty thematic chapters, with author, subject, and title indexes.
