Better Reading Now
50 ready-to-use teaching strategies to engage students, deepen comprehension, and nurture a love of reading
Published on 26. April 2021
160 pages
978-1-55138-948-6 (ISBN)
Description
Based on what we now know about reading, this practical book offers strategies in a consistent format that is easy for teachers to incorporate in their daily instruction. This grab-bag of classroom-tested activities allows teachers to choose what they need to meet the diverse needs of students in grades 1 through 8. These strategies guide students through the reading process and build important comprehension skills through reading, talk, art, drama, and more. These innovative ways to use the best children's books will inspire students to become enthusiastic and avid readers, and take the first giant step into becoming lifelong readers.
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Larry Swartz
Better Reading Now
50 ready-to-use teaching strategies to engage students, deepen comprehension, and nurture a love of reading
Book
03/2021
1st Edition
Pembroke Publishing Ltd
€31.00
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Let's Read
- Judging a Book by Its Cover and More
- Just the Beginning
- What's in a Title?
- Book Pass
- Ten Novel Project
- Picture Book "Contest"
- Author Study
- Exploring Text Sets/Parallel Reading
- Chapter 2: Let's Think
- Tapping into Prior Knowledge and Prior Experiences
- Determining Important Ideas
- Inferring
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Making Connections
- Questioning
- Summarizing
- Chapter 3: Let's Write
- Quickwrite
- Thinking Stems
- Four-Rectangle Response
- Reading Response Journal
- Character Journal
- Graphic Organizer
- Pattern Writing: The Collaborative Book Experience
- Transforming Text: From Prose to Poetry
- Chapter 4: Let's Talk
- Interactive Read-Aloud
- Literature Circle
- Assumption Guide
- Retelling
- Oral Narrative
- Choral Dramatization
- Interviewing in Role
- Reader's Theater
- Poem Talk
- Book Talk
- Chapter 5: Let's Create
- Story Box/Digital Storytelling
- Tableau
- Story Theater
- Story Map
- Book Trailer
- Novel in an Hour
- Artful Response
- Makerspace
- Multimodal Book Report
- Video Journal
- Transmedia Storytelling: From Prose to Graphica
- Chapter 6: Let's Inquire
- KWL Chart
- Is This a Test?
- Word by Word: Collecting Vocabulary
- Snippets
- Capturing Voice
- Creating a Bibliography
- Final Thoughts
- Dr. Larry Recommends
- Professional Resources
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
- Y
