Help for Struggling Readers: Strategies for Grades 3-8 - Softcover

Michael C. McKenna, PhD, was Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Reading in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia until his death in 2016. He authored, coauthored, or edited more than 20 books, including Assessment for Reading Instruction, Third Edition; How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction, Second Edition: Resources for Grades K–3; and Organizing the Early Literacy Classroom; as well as over 100 articles, chapters, and technical reports on a range of literacy topics. Dr. McKenna also served as Series Editor, with Sharon Walpole, of The Essential Library of PreK–2 Literacy. His research was sponsored by the National Reading Research Center and the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement. He was a corecipient of the Edward B. Fry Book Award from the Literacy Research Association and the Award for Outstanding Academic Books from the American Library Association, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.

Introduction Understanding Struggling Readers A Stage Perspective Three Struggling Readers Assessment and Instruction Design of This Volume Section 1. Decoding Strategies Guiding Principles of Teaching Decoding Phonics in the Upper Grades Tape-Recorded Text Electronic Books Section 2. Fluency Strategies Guiding Principles of Teaching Fluency Effective Fluency Methods Classwide Peer Tutoring Self-Selected Reading Section 3. Vocabulary Strategies Guiding Principles of Teaching Vocabulary Feature Analysis Graphic Organizers Semantic Maps Vocabulary Venns Semantic Scales List\n-Group\n-Label Concept Sorts Vocabulary Clusters Silly Questions Possible Sentences Section 4. Comprehension Lesson Formats Guiding Principles of Teaching Reading Comprehension Directed Reading Activity Directed Reading\n-Thinking Activity K-W-L Listen\n-Read\n-Discuss Section 5. Questioning Strategies Levels of Questions Question\n-Answer Relationships Between the Lines (Inferential Reproducibles) Question Clusters Reciprocal Questioning Questioning the Author Section 6. Other Comprehension Strategies Specific Skill Approaches Walk-Throughs Think-Alouds Imaging Teaching with Analogies Charting New Territory Guiding Notes Reading Guides Anticipation Guides Reciprocal Teaching Guided Reading in Textual Settings Summary Writing Cloze Venns Riddles Puzzlers 20 More Ideas for Inferential Comprehension Section 7. Suggested Professional Resources Index