Best Practices for Teaching Reading
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"Very logical and easy to follow. Teachers can easily incorporate these ideas in their teaching."
—Susan Bailey, Middle School Reading Specialist
Mequon-Thiensville School District, WI
Enrich your reading instruction with classroom-proven strategies from the nation's best teachers!
Following the successful format of the companion volumes for teaching writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, Best Practices for Teaching Reading presents firsthand accounts of teachers' most successful instructional strategies and lessons for teaching reading. Randi Stone brings readers into the classrooms of award-winning teachers who share their outstanding strategies for reaching elementary, middle, and high school learners with diverse learning styles and abilities.
With 40 classroom-tested strategies, the book provides practical guidance for building students' decoding and vocabulary skills while developing their comprehension and motivation for reading. This collection of best practices presents ways to help students:
- Get excited about reading
- Make connections to different texts
- Become effective writers as well as readers
- Use literacy skills across the curriculum
Veteran and new teachers alike will find an abundance of fresh ideas to teach reading while helping students build confidence, increase academic achievement, and develop critical thinking skills.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
- 1. Reading From the First Day of School
- 2. Ten Steps to Great Readers
- 3. All for the Love of Reading: A Book Is a Gift
- 4. Establishing a Summer Reading Program
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
- 5. Teaching Reading Strategies Through the Analysis of Visual Art
- 6. Using Word Work to Improve Decoding
- 7. Reading Aloud: Comprehending, Not Word Calling
- 8. Comprehension: Making Connections to Text
Section C. Reading Literature Across the Curriculum
- 9. Incorporating Drama and Writing: Performing a Mystery Play
- 10. Social Studies: Reading About Life in the 1800s
- 11. Social Studies: Reading the Vietnam Memorial Wall
- 12. To Read or Not to Read: Shakespeare With Fourth Graders
- 13. Reaching Fifth Graders With Novel Study
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
- 14. Reading Kinesthetically
- 15. Reading and Writing: A Reciprocal Process
- 16. Reading Beyond the Lines: Students With Autistic Disorders
- 17. Encouraging Biliteracy
Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
- 18. Reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading
- 19. I Hate Reading!
- 20. The "I Hate Reading" Club
- 21. You Simply Need to Love It!
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
- 22. Digging Deeper for Comprehension
- 23. Using Wonder Journals to Teach Research Reading and Writing Skills
- 24. Make It Your Own! A Vocabulary Activity
Section C. Reading Across the Curriculum
- 25. Teaching Reading in the Math Classroom
- 26. Reading the Language of Mathematics
- 27. "Who in the World Are You?" An Interdisciplinary Project
- 28. Using Self-Publishing as a Gateway for Critical Reading
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
- 29. Score a BINGO in Reading
- 30. Short-Cycle Assessment in a Reading Workshop: A Collaboration Between Teacher and Student
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"Very logical and easy to follow. Teachers can easily incorporate these ideas in their teaching."
—Susan Bailey, Middle School Reading Specialist
Mequon-Thiensville School District, WI
Enrich your reading instruction with classroom-proven strategies from the nation's best teachers!
Following the successful format of the companion volumes for teaching writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, Best Practices for Teaching Reading presents firsthand accounts of teachers' most successful instructional strategies and lessons for teaching reading. Randi Stone brings readers into the classrooms of award-winning teachers who share their outstanding strategies for reaching elementary, middle, and high school learners with diverse learning styles and abilities.
With 40 classroom-tested strategies, the book provides practical guidance for building students' decoding and vocabulary skills while developing their comprehension and motivation for reading. This collection of best practices presents ways to help students:
- Get excited about reading
- Make connections to different texts
- Become effective writers as well as readers
- Use literacy skills across the curriculum
Veteran and new teachers alike will find an abundance of fresh ideas to teach reading while helping students build confidence, increase academic achievement, and develop critical thinking skills.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
- 1. Reading From the First Day of School
- 2. Ten Steps to Great Readers
- 3. All for the Love of Reading: A Book Is a Gift
- 4. Establishing a Summer Reading Program
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
- 5. Teaching Reading Strategies Through the Analysis of Visual Art
- 6. Using Word Work to Improve Decoding
- 7. Reading Aloud: Comprehending, Not Word Calling
- 8. Comprehension: Making Connections to Text
Section C. Reading Literature Across the Curriculum
- 9. Incorporating Drama and Writing: Performing a Mystery Play
- 10. Social Studies: Reading About Life in the 1800s
- 11. Social Studies: Reading the Vietnam Memorial Wall
- 12. To Read or Not to Read: Shakespeare With Fourth Graders
- 13. Reaching Fifth Graders With Novel Study
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
- 14. Reading Kinesthetically
- 15. Reading and Writing: A Reciprocal Process
- 16. Reading Beyond the Lines: Students With Autistic Disorders
- 17. Encouraging Biliteracy
Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
- 18. Reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading
- 19. I Hate Reading!
- 20. The "I Hate Reading" Club
- 21. You Simply Need to Love It!
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
- 22. Digging Deeper for Comprehension
- 23. Using Wonder Journals to Teach Research Reading and Writing Skills
- 24. Make It Your Own! A Vocabulary Activity
Section C. Reading Across the Curriculum
- 25. Teaching Reading in the Math Classroom
- 26. Reading the Language of Mathematics
- 27. "Who in the World Are You?" An Interdisciplinary Project
- 28. Using Self-Publishing as a Gateway for Critical Reading
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
- 29. Score a BINGO in Reading
- 30. Short-Cycle Assessment in a Reading Workshop: A Collaboration Between Teacher and Student
Index
Index
Additional materials
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Best Practices for Teaching Reading
What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do
October 2008 | 176 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412924597 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452293332 | $35.00 |
"Very logical and easy to follow. Teachers can easily incorporate these ideas in their teaching."
—Susan Bailey, Middle School Reading Specialist
Mequon-Thiensville School District, WI
Enrich your reading instruction with classroom-proven strategies from the nation's best teachers!
Following the successful format of the companion volumes for teaching writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, Best Practices for Teaching Reading presents firsthand accounts of teachers' most successful instructional strategies and lessons for teaching reading. Randi Stone brings readers into the classrooms of award-winning teachers who share their outstanding strategies for reaching elementary, middle, and high school learners with diverse learning styles and abilities.
With 40 classroom-tested strategies, the book provides practical guidance for building students' decoding and vocabulary skills while developing their comprehension and motivation for reading. This collection of best practices presents ways to help students:
- Get excited about reading
- Make connections to different texts
- Become effective writers as well as readers
- Use literacy skills across the curriculum
Veteran and new teachers alike will find an abundance of fresh ideas to teach reading while helping students build confidence, increase academic achievement, and develop critical thinking skills.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- About the Contributors
- Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
- Section A. Motivating Students to Read
- 1. Reading From the First Day of School
- 2. Ten Steps to Great Readers
- 3. All for the Love of Reading: A Book Is a Gift
- 4. Establishing a Summer Reading Program
- Section B. Developing Reading Skills
- 5. Teaching Reading Strategies Through the Analysis of Visual Art
- 6. Using Word Work to Improve Decoding
- 7. Reading Aloud: Comprehending, Not Word Calling
- 8. Comprehension: Making Connections to Text
- Section C. Reading Literature Across the Curriculum
- 9. Incorporating Drama and Writing: Performing a Mystery Play
- 10. Social Studies: Reading About Life in the 1800s
- 11. Social Studies: Reading the Vietnam Memorial Wall
- 12. To Read or Not to Read: Shakespeare With Fourth Graders
- 13. Reaching Fifth Graders With Novel Study
- Section D. Differentiating Instruction
- 14. Reading Kinesthetically
- 15. Reading and Writing: A Reciprocal Process
- 16. Reading Beyond the Lines: Students With Autistic Disorders
- 17. Encouraging Biliteracy
- Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
- Section A. Motivating Students to Read
- 18. Reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading
- 19. I Hate Reading!
- 20. The "I Hate Reading" Club
- 21. You Simply Need to Love It!
- Section B. Developing Reading Skills
- 22. Digging Deeper for Comprehension
- 23. Using Wonder Journals to Teach Research Reading and Writing Skills
- 24. Make It Your Own! A Vocabulary Activity
- Section C. Reading Across the Curriculum
- 25. Teaching Reading in the Math Classroom
- 26. Reading the Language of Mathematics
- 27. "Who in the World Are You?" An Interdisciplinary Project
- 28. Using Self-Publishing as a Gateway for Critical Reading
- Section D. Differentiating Instruction
- 29. Score a BINGO in Reading
- 30. Short-Cycle Assessment in a Reading Workshop: A Collaboration Between Teacher and Student
- Index
- 31. REAL Reading