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Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2-6

Differentiated Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers

By: Richard W. Strong, Harvey F. Silver, Matthew J. Perini

Give your elementary school students the tools to become thoughtful, high-achieving readers!

The authors demonstrate how to teach average or low-performing readers to become A+ readers who can comprehend, analyze, and summarize different kinds of texts. This resource explores strategies that apply across content areas, support individual learning styles, and help struggling readers, and includes:

The five characteristics of A+ readers and special tips for nurturing those strengths in all students
Recommendations and tools for helping English Language Learners and students with special needs
Reproducible graphic organizers

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Product Details

Grade Level: 2-6
ISBN: 9781412941761
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 272
Publication date: August 28, 2007

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"The clear explanations and examples make the book easy to read and understand so strategies can be immediately implemented in the classroom. This text will be an excellent addition to any teacher's professional library."
—Carol Gallegos, Literacy Coach
Hanford Elementary School District, CA

Give your elementary school students the tools to become thoughtful, high-achieving readers!

Strong reading skills are critical for students as they progress through the grade levels and face the reading challenges of the 21st century. Using research-based, differentiated strategies, Richard W. Strong, Harvey F. Silver, and Matthew J. Perini show how you can teach average or low-performing readers to become A+ readers who can comprehend, analyze, and summarize different kinds of texts.

Starting with a concise overview of recent research on successful readers, the authors explore seven key areas and corresponding strategies to help all readers achieve at high levels: identifying the main idea, reading fluency, vocabulary, inferential reading, questioning techniques, informal writing, and reading styles.

Complementing the best-selling Reading for Academic Success for grades 7–12, this hands-on guide features:

Practical applications that can be used across content areas and to support individual learning styles
The five common characteristics of A+ readers and special tips for nurturing those abilities in all students
Recommendations and tools for helping English Language Learners and students with special needs
Examples of student work and reproducible graphic organizers

Expressly designed for elementary school teachers, Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2–6, offers proven methods that can produce significant gains for all students and far-reaching results for your school!

Key features

Authors are highly visible consultants, presenters, and writers
Complements the best-selling Reading for Academic Success

Author(s)

Richard W. Strong

Richard W. Strong was vice president of Silver Strong & Associates and Thoughtful Education Press. A former teacher on the elementary and secondary levels, he served as a trainer/consultant to hundreds of school districts, teacher and professional organizations, and state departments of education. In addition, he was a leader in the movement for authentic assessment. As cofounder of the Institute for Community and Difference, Richard studied democratic teaching practices in public and private schools for more than ten years. A former district-level coordinator for gifted and talented education, Richard wrote and developed numerous books and products for educators.

Harvey F. Silver

Harvey F. Silver, president of Silver Strong & Associates and Thoughtful Education Press, was named one of the 100 most influential teachers in the country. He has conducted numerous workshops for school districts and state education departments throughout the United States. He was the principal consultant for the Georgia Critical Thinking Skills Program and the Kentucky Thoughtful Education Teacher Leadership Program. Silver is the author of several educational bestsellers, including So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and Teaching Styles and Strategies, both published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Design. With Richard Strong, Silver developed The Thoughtful Classroom—a renowned professional development program based on the commitment to “make students as important as standards.”

Matthew J. Perini

Matthew J. Perini, director of publishing at Silver Strong & Associates, has authored curriculum guides, articles, and research studies on a wide range of topics, including learning styles, multiple intelligences, and effective teaching practices. Strong, Silver, and Perini have recently collaborated on Discovering Nonfiction: 25 Powerful Teaching Strategies, Grades 2-6; So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences; and Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. What's the Big Idea?

2. From Notetaking to Notemaking

3. Cracking Vocabulary's CODE: An In-Depth Look at Three Units

4. Eyes-On, Minds-On Reading

5. A Question Is a Quest

6. Write to Read

7. Reading Styles: The Key to Reading Success

References

Index

Reviews

"The clear explanations and examples make the book easy to read and understand so strategies can be immediately implemented in the classroom. This text will be an excellent addition to any teacher's professional library."

Carol Gallegos, Literacy Coach
Hanford Elementary School District, CA

Other Titles in: Differentiation & Multiple Intelligences | Elementary Teaching Methods | Literacy, K-12

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