The Joyful Reading Resource Kit
Teaching Tools, Hands-On Activities, and Enrichment Resources, Grades K-8
1st Edition
Published on 17. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-470-39188-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Joyful Reading Resource Kit
All children deserve a chance to learn to love reading. The Joyful Reading Resource Kit offers teachers an impressive array of tools, resources, and activities for getting students at all levels excited about reading while developing their proficiency in comprehension. Serving as a companion to Joyful Reading, the book offers teachers everything they need to implement the Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Reading (SEM-R), a differentiated instructional approach that encourages students to read independently for a period of time each day on books of their own choice. Implemented in three phases, the SEM-R program has been shown by research to improve fluency and comprehension among at-risk students. The Joyful Reading Resource Kit includes:
Reproducible "bookmarks" for scaffolding students in critical thinking and comprehension activities
Extensive lists of recommended books
Tips for supporting students in selection of appropriately challenging books
Materials for managing independent reading in the classroom, including log sheets, five-minute conference tips, writing prompts, assessment rubrics, and a reading growth chart
Exciting enrichment resources to develop students' reading interests, including a survey form, online books, Web-based activities, and Renzulli Learning resources
Hands-On Creativity activities that help students elaborate ideas, develop fluency, brainstorm, and much more
Reproducible X-ploration projects on varied topics that students can pursue independently at their own pace
The Joyful Reading Resource Kit is a vital compendium not only for classroom teachers but also for parents and after-school educators who wish to support students in discovering the rich rewards and delights of reading.
All children deserve a chance to learn to love reading. The Joyful Reading Resource Kit offers teachers an impressive array of tools, resources, and activities for getting students at all levels excited about reading while developing their proficiency in comprehension. Serving as a companion to Joyful Reading, the book offers teachers everything they need to implement the Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Reading (SEM-R), a differentiated instructional approach that encourages students to read independently for a period of time each day on books of their own choice. Implemented in three phases, the SEM-R program has been shown by research to improve fluency and comprehension among at-risk students. The Joyful Reading Resource Kit includes:
Reproducible "bookmarks" for scaffolding students in critical thinking and comprehension activities
Extensive lists of recommended books
Tips for supporting students in selection of appropriately challenging books
Materials for managing independent reading in the classroom, including log sheets, five-minute conference tips, writing prompts, assessment rubrics, and a reading growth chart
Exciting enrichment resources to develop students' reading interests, including a survey form, online books, Web-based activities, and Renzulli Learning resources
Hands-On Creativity activities that help students elaborate ideas, develop fluency, brainstorm, and much more
Reproducible X-ploration projects on varied topics that students can pursue independently at their own pace
The Joyful Reading Resource Kit is a vital compendium not only for classroom teachers but also for parents and after-school educators who wish to support students in discovering the rich rewards and delights of reading.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1021 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-39188-4 (9780470391884)
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Sally M. Reis, Ph.D., is professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut where she also serves as principal investigator for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. Widely published, Reis conducts workshops and provides professional development to schools and districts both nationally and internationally. Her colleagues and coauthors are all professors in reading, educational psychology, and curriculum and instruction with extensive experience in SEM-R. She is the author of Joyful Reading from Jossey-Bass (978-0-470-22881-4).
Content
About This Book ix
About the Authors xi
Introduction: The Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading 1
General Tools and Resources 5
Using Bookmarks to Scaffold Thinking 7
SEM-R Bookmarks 9
Weekly Teacher Log 39
SEM-R Quality Indicator Checklists 43
Phase One: Support Materials for Book Hooks 47
Reading Comprehension Strategies in the SEM-R 49
Making Connections 49
Determining Importance 50
Questioning 50
Visualizing 50
Making Inferences 51
Synthesizing 51
Metacognition 51
Books That Act as Hooks 53
Lists of Recommended Books 57
Award Winners 57
Choice Winners 60
Classics 60
Author 62
Genre 65
Reading Level 71
Frequently Asked Questions About Phase One 81
Phase Two: Support Materials for Independent Reading 83
Choosing Books for Independent Reading: Making the Right Match 87
Word-Reading Level 87 Complexity of Content 87
Linking Students to Appropriate Books 88 Supporting Students in Selecting Books 91 Conferencing Strategies 95
Management Tips for Supporting Independent Reading 99 Progress Assessment Rubric 103
Providing a Purpose for Reading 105 Using Student Reading Logs 109
Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading Student Reading Log 111
Sample Student Reading Log 117
Frequently Asked Questions About Phase Two 123
Phase Three: Support Materials for Student-Selected Activities 127
Reading Interest-a-Lyzer 129
Renzulli Learning 133
Helping Teachers Provide Enriched, Differentiated Learning for All Their Students 134
The Renzulli Learning System 135
Creativity Training Activities 141
General Strategies for Creativity Training 141 Introductory Lessons in Creative Thinking 145
Activities for Exploring Creativity 149
Activity 1: If I Wrote the Book (Transforming Figures) 149 Activity 2: Rhyme Time (Creating Rhymes) 153
Activity 3: The Doodler (Elaborating) 157 Activity 4: Spin a Story (Developing Fluency) 161
Activity 5: Consequences (Speculating and Imagining) 165 Activity 6: Cartoon Captions (Writing Humor) 169
Activity 7: Way-Out Words (Linking Words and Symbols) 173 Activity 8: Make-a-Sentence (Creating Ideas from Words) 176 Activity 9: Changing Things (Brainstorming) 179
Activity 10: Can You Design It? (Planning) 182
Reading on the Internet 187
Authors' and Publishers' Sites 187 Online Books 188
Take a Test Drive! Exciting Web Sites for Students to Try 191 SEM-Xplorations: Enrichment Projects 201
1. Build a Bridge 203
2. Experiment with Sound 210
3. Investigate Local History 218
4. Create an Artifact Box 228
5. Draw a Comic Strip 234
6. Design a City of the Future 244
7. Create an Illustrated Book 248
8. Invent Something New 264
9. Write a Short Story (Grades K-4) 273
10. Write a Short Story (Grades 5-8) 283
Frequently Asked Questions About Phase Three 297
Frequently Asked Questions About the SEM-R 299
SEM-R Glossary 303
About the Authors xi
Introduction: The Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading 1
General Tools and Resources 5
Using Bookmarks to Scaffold Thinking 7
SEM-R Bookmarks 9
Weekly Teacher Log 39
SEM-R Quality Indicator Checklists 43
Phase One: Support Materials for Book Hooks 47
Reading Comprehension Strategies in the SEM-R 49
Making Connections 49
Determining Importance 50
Questioning 50
Visualizing 50
Making Inferences 51
Synthesizing 51
Metacognition 51
Books That Act as Hooks 53
Lists of Recommended Books 57
Award Winners 57
Choice Winners 60
Classics 60
Author 62
Genre 65
Reading Level 71
Frequently Asked Questions About Phase One 81
Phase Two: Support Materials for Independent Reading 83
Choosing Books for Independent Reading: Making the Right Match 87
Word-Reading Level 87 Complexity of Content 87
Linking Students to Appropriate Books 88 Supporting Students in Selecting Books 91 Conferencing Strategies 95
Management Tips for Supporting Independent Reading 99 Progress Assessment Rubric 103
Providing a Purpose for Reading 105 Using Student Reading Logs 109
Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading Student Reading Log 111
Sample Student Reading Log 117
Frequently Asked Questions About Phase Two 123
Phase Three: Support Materials for Student-Selected Activities 127
Reading Interest-a-Lyzer 129
Renzulli Learning 133
Helping Teachers Provide Enriched, Differentiated Learning for All Their Students 134
The Renzulli Learning System 135
Creativity Training Activities 141
General Strategies for Creativity Training 141 Introductory Lessons in Creative Thinking 145
Activities for Exploring Creativity 149
Activity 1: If I Wrote the Book (Transforming Figures) 149 Activity 2: Rhyme Time (Creating Rhymes) 153
Activity 3: The Doodler (Elaborating) 157 Activity 4: Spin a Story (Developing Fluency) 161
Activity 5: Consequences (Speculating and Imagining) 165 Activity 6: Cartoon Captions (Writing Humor) 169
Activity 7: Way-Out Words (Linking Words and Symbols) 173 Activity 8: Make-a-Sentence (Creating Ideas from Words) 176 Activity 9: Changing Things (Brainstorming) 179
Activity 10: Can You Design It? (Planning) 182
Reading on the Internet 187
Authors' and Publishers' Sites 187 Online Books 188
Take a Test Drive! Exciting Web Sites for Students to Try 191 SEM-Xplorations: Enrichment Projects 201
1. Build a Bridge 203
2. Experiment with Sound 210
3. Investigate Local History 218
4. Create an Artifact Box 228
5. Draw a Comic Strip 234
6. Design a City of the Future 244
7. Create an Illustrated Book 248
8. Invent Something New 264
9. Write a Short Story (Grades K-4) 273
10. Write a Short Story (Grades 5-8) 283
Frequently Asked Questions About Phase Three 297
Frequently Asked Questions About the SEM-R 299
SEM-R Glossary 303