Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools
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Description
In response to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), raising literacy levels in secondary schools has taken on a new urgency. Recognized literacy author, Elaine K. McEwan, focuses her revised second edition on enhancing the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies of highly effective readers and more than twenty research-based "teaching for learning" tips to infuse into daily content instruction.
Featuring reflection and discussion questions for reinforcement, this indispensable guide demonstrates how to improve students' literacy with these five teacher-friendly strategies:
- Focus on changing what you can change
- Teach the students who can't read how to read
- Teach every student how to read to learn
- Motivate all students to read more, to read increasingly more challenging books, and to be accountable for what they read
- Create a reading culture in your school
With new programs designed for adolescent learners, this update provides suggestions and developmental tools to effectively strengthen reading curriculum and instruction. Reading specialists, special education teachers, literacy coaches, intervention specialists, and central office administrators can also use this essential tool for evaluating middle and high school reading programs and formulating school and district improvement goals.
Contents
List of Teaching for Learning Tips
List of Teaching for Learning Tips
Preface
- A Change in Focus
- The Goals of This Book
- Who This Book Is For
- What This Book Is Not
- Overview of the Contents
- A New Feature
- The Challenge
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
- 1. Reading Achievement: Where Do We Stand?
- Raising Achievement Expectations
- The State of Reading Achievement in the Nation
- The Response of Educators
- The State of Reading Achievement in the States
- Roadblocks to Raising Achievement in Middle and High Schools
- The Responsibility of School Leaders
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 2. Focus on Changing What You Can Change
- Change the Educational Paradigm
- Change How Goals Are Set
- Change How Teachers Teach
- Change the Curriculum and How It Is Chosen
- Change the Alignment of the Curriculum
- Change the Amount of Time Allocated to Reading Instruction
- Change Where Strategic Reading Instruction Is Provided
- Change How Learning Is Assessed
- Change Expectations for Students
- Change How Professional Development Is Provided
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 3. Teach the Students Who Can’t Read How to Read
- How Children Learn to Read: A Short Lesson
- Failing to Learn
- Programs to Remediate Struggling Secondary Students
- Find the Students in Special Education Who Can’t Read and Teach Them to Read
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 4. Teach Every Student How to Read to Learn
- Reading to Learn and Cognitive Strategies
- The Strategic Teacher
- How to Teach Cognitive Strategies
- Reading to Learn and Vocabulary Development
- Reading to Learn and Knowledge Acquisition
- How We Can Engage More Students in Reading to Learn
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction at Alief Hastings High School
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 5. Motivate Every Student to Read in the Zone
- The Value of Reading a Lot
- Reading in the Zone
- The Importance of Reading Challenging Fiction and Nonfiction
- The Importance of Accountability
- Motivating Students to Read a Lot
- Engaging Students in Reading
- Skills to Read With Confidence and Success
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 6. Create a Reading Culture in Your School
- Pay Attention to the Basic Beliefs and Core Values of Stakeholders
- Determine What Needs to Be Changed
- Identify the Roadblocks to Change
- Hire a Strong (Assertive) Instructional Leader
- Hold Everyone Accountable
- Make a Plan
- Don’t Forget the Parents and Kids
- Assess for Learning
- Press Academically and Be Instructionally Tenacious
- Getting the Job Done at Griffin Middle School
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
Resource A. Assessment Tools
- Resource A.1: Prereading Assessment Form
- Resource A.2: Prereading Assessment Key
- Resource A.3: Postreading Assessment Form
- Resource A.4: Postreading Assessment Key
Resource B. Programs for Learning to Read in Secondary School
- Benchmark Program
- Corrective Reading
- Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
- Language!®
- Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
- Reading Is FAME
- Reasoning and Writing
- REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies)
- The Spalding Method
- Spelling Through Morphographs
Resource C. Creating a Strong Reading Culture: A Process Exercise
- Description
- Application
- Time Required
- Materials
- Administration Directions
References
References
Index
Index
Description
In response to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), raising literacy levels in secondary schools has taken on a new urgency. Recognized literacy author, Elaine K. McEwan, focuses her revised second edition on enhancing the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies of highly effective readers and more than twenty research-based "teaching for learning" tips to infuse into daily content instruction.
Featuring reflection and discussion questions for reinforcement, this indispensable guide demonstrates how to improve students' literacy with these five teacher-friendly strategies:
- Focus on changing what you can change
- Teach the students who can't read how to read
- Teach every student how to read to learn
- Motivate all students to read more, to read increasingly more challenging books, and to be accountable for what they read
- Create a reading culture in your school
With new programs designed for adolescent learners, this update provides suggestions and developmental tools to effectively strengthen reading curriculum and instruction. Reading specialists, special education teachers, literacy coaches, intervention specialists, and central office administrators can also use this essential tool for evaluating middle and high school reading programs and formulating school and district improvement goals.
Contents
List of Teaching for Learning Tips
List of Teaching for Learning Tips
Preface
- A Change in Focus
- The Goals of This Book
- Who This Book Is For
- What This Book Is Not
- Overview of the Contents
- A New Feature
- The Challenge
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
- 1. Reading Achievement: Where Do We Stand?
- Raising Achievement Expectations
- The State of Reading Achievement in the Nation
- The Response of Educators
- The State of Reading Achievement in the States
- Roadblocks to Raising Achievement in Middle and High Schools
- The Responsibility of School Leaders
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 2. Focus on Changing What You Can Change
- Change the Educational Paradigm
- Change How Goals Are Set
- Change How Teachers Teach
- Change the Curriculum and How It Is Chosen
- Change the Alignment of the Curriculum
- Change the Amount of Time Allocated to Reading Instruction
- Change Where Strategic Reading Instruction Is Provided
- Change How Learning Is Assessed
- Change Expectations for Students
- Change How Professional Development Is Provided
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 3. Teach the Students Who Can’t Read How to Read
- How Children Learn to Read: A Short Lesson
- Failing to Learn
- Programs to Remediate Struggling Secondary Students
- Find the Students in Special Education Who Can’t Read and Teach Them to Read
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 4. Teach Every Student How to Read to Learn
- Reading to Learn and Cognitive Strategies
- The Strategic Teacher
- How to Teach Cognitive Strategies
- Reading to Learn and Vocabulary Development
- Reading to Learn and Knowledge Acquisition
- How We Can Engage More Students in Reading to Learn
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction at Alief Hastings High School
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 5. Motivate Every Student to Read in the Zone
- The Value of Reading a Lot
- Reading in the Zone
- The Importance of Reading Challenging Fiction and Nonfiction
- The Importance of Accountability
- Motivating Students to Read a Lot
- Engaging Students in Reading
- Skills to Read With Confidence and Success
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 6. Create a Reading Culture in Your School
- Pay Attention to the Basic Beliefs and Core Values of Stakeholders
- Determine What Needs to Be Changed
- Identify the Roadblocks to Change
- Hire a Strong (Assertive) Instructional Leader
- Hold Everyone Accountable
- Make a Plan
- Don’t Forget the Parents and Kids
- Assess for Learning
- Press Academically and Be Instructionally Tenacious
- Getting the Job Done at Griffin Middle School
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
Resource A. Assessment Tools
- Resource A.1: Prereading Assessment Form
- Resource A.2: Prereading Assessment Key
- Resource A.3: Postreading Assessment Form
- Resource A.4: Postreading Assessment Key
Resource B. Programs for Learning to Read in Secondary School
- Benchmark Program
- Corrective Reading
- Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
- Language!®
- Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
- Reading Is FAME
- Reasoning and Writing
- REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies)
- The Spalding Method
- Spelling Through Morphographs
Resource C. Creating a Strong Reading Culture: A Process Exercise
- Description
- Application
- Time Required
- Materials
- Administration Directions
References
References
Index
Index
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Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools
Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies
September 2006 | 224 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412924344 | $90.95 |
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412924351 | $39.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781483361819 | $36.00 |
In response to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), raising literacy levels in secondary schools has taken on a new urgency. Recognized literacy author, Elaine K. McEwan, focuses her revised second edition on enhancing the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies of highly effective readers and more than twenty research-based "teaching for learning" tips to infuse into daily content instruction.
Featuring reflection and discussion questions for reinforcement, this indispensable guide demonstrates how to improve students' literacy with these five teacher-friendly strategies:
- Focus on changing what you can change
- Teach the students who can't read how to read
- Teach every student how to read to learn
- Motivate all students to read more, to read increasingly more challenging books, and to be accountable for what they read
- Create a reading culture in your school
With new programs designed for adolescent learners, this update provides suggestions and developmental tools to effectively strengthen reading curriculum and instruction. Reading specialists, special education teachers, literacy coaches, intervention specialists, and central office administrators can also use this essential tool for evaluating middle and high school reading programs and formulating school and district improvement goals.
Table Of Contents:
- List of Teaching for Learning Tips
- Preface
- A Change in Focus
- The Goals of This Book
- Who This Book Is For
- What This Book Is Not
- Overview of the Contents
- A New Feature
- The Challenge
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- 1. Reading Achievement: Where Do We Stand?
- Raising Achievement Expectations
- The State of Reading Achievement in the Nation
- The Response of Educators
- The State of Reading Achievement in the States
- Roadblocks to Raising Achievement in Middle and High Schools
- The Responsibility of School Leaders
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 2. Focus on Changing What You Can Change
- Change the Educational Paradigm
- Change How Goals Are Set
- Change How Teachers Teach
- Change the Curriculum and How It Is Chosen
- Change the Alignment of the Curriculum
- Change the Amount of Time Allocated to Reading Instruction
- Change Where Strategic Reading Instruction Is Provided
- Change How Learning Is Assessed
- Change Expectations for Students
- Change How Professional Development Is Provided
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 3. Teach the Students Who Can’t Read How to Read
- How Children Learn to Read: A Short Lesson
- Failing to Learn
- Programs to Remediate Struggling Secondary Students
- Find the Students in Special Education Who Can’t Read and Teach Them to Read
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 4. Teach Every Student How to Read to Learn
- Reading to Learn and Cognitive Strategies
- The Strategic Teacher
- How to Teach Cognitive Strategies
- Reading to Learn and Vocabulary Development
- Reading to Learn and Knowledge Acquisition
- How We Can Engage More Students in Reading to Learn
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction at Alief Hastings High School
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 5. Motivate Every Student to Read in the Zone
- The Value of Reading a Lot
- Reading in the Zone
- The Importance of Reading Challenging Fiction and Nonfiction
- The Importance of Accountability
- Motivating Students to Read a Lot
- Engaging Students in Reading
- Skills to Read With Confidence and Success
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- 6. Create a Reading Culture in Your School
- Pay Attention to the Basic Beliefs and Core Values of Stakeholders
- Determine What Needs to Be Changed
- Identify the Roadblocks to Change
- Hire a Strong (Assertive) Instructional Leader
- Hold Everyone Accountable
- Make a Plan
- Don’t Forget the Parents and Kids
- Assess for Learning
- Press Academically and Be Instructionally Tenacious
- Getting the Job Done at Griffin Middle School
- Reflection and Discussion Questions
- Resource A. Assessment Tools
- Resource A.1: Prereading Assessment Form
- Resource A.2: Prereading Assessment Key
- Resource A.3: Postreading Assessment Form
- Resource A.4: Postreading Assessment Key
- Resource B. Programs for Learning to Read in Secondary School
- Benchmark Program
- Corrective Reading
- Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
- Language!®
- Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
- Reading Is FAME
- Reasoning and Writing
- REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies)
- The Spalding Method
- Spelling Through Morphographs
- Resource C. Creating a Strong Reading Culture: A Process Exercise
- Description
- Application
- Time Required
- Materials
- Administration Directions
- References
- Index