Meet the challenges of educating students with this balanced, whole-child approach to reading for 21st-century learners. This updated, best-selling book co-published with the International Literacy Association (ILA) offers numerous rigorous and engaging techniques, and is sure to be a classroom favorite! Features include: more than 125 enhanced classroom-tested techniques in the areas of word study, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension; 18 new techniques to motivate and engage all learners; embedded scaffolding and teacher talk within each technique; a focus on core literacy strands required by College and Career Readiness Standards; and digital resources including an assortment of reproducible student and teacher resource sheets.

Offers teachers practical strategies and resources designed to help students build their phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

This accessible teacher resource and course text shows how to incorporate strategy instruction into the K–8 classroom every day. Cutting-edge theory and research are integrated with practical guidance and reflections from experienced teachers of novice and struggling readers. The book describes the nuts and bolts of creating classroom contexts that foster strategy use, combining explicit comprehension instruction with scaffolded support, and providing opportunities for students to verbalize their thinking. It features reproducible learning activities and planning and assessment tools. New to This Edition *The latest knowledge and classroom-tested methods. *Chapter on response to intervention (RTI). *Chapter on organizing instruction across the school day and week. *Expanded practical content, including sample lessons and more early literacy and upper-elementary examples.

Strategic Reading provides the tools teachers need to help students of all abilities make the important transition to higher-level texts.

Content-area teachers hold the keys for helping students understand how to think as they read. Teaching students how to read strategically in every subject and grade level helps them know how to think in order to successfully master the content. This practical guide examines current information about the role of metacognition (thinking about thinking); three interactive reading ingredients (context, reader, text features); and current research on vocabulary and concept development. Also included: *K-12 Children's Bibliography for All Content Areas *Guidelines and Strategies for ALL Content Areas *Resources for Special Education and English Language Learners.

Meet instructional challenges effectively and efficiently by uncovering hidden time for meeting individual students' needs. With small groups, you'll work closely with more children each day with her how-tos on using formative assessment to create groups from common needs; differentiating for individuals, even in a group; and enhancing Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction.