Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers

Douglas Fisher - San Diego State University, USA
Nancy Frey - San Diego State University, USA
Sarah Ortega
Kierstan Barbee
Aida Allen-Rotell
Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers
January 2025 | 208 pages | Corwin
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Recharge Adolescent Literacy: Strategies to Foster Joyful and Proficient Readers

There are many adolescent readers who, for a variety of reasons, find it difficult to connect with written words and have fallen behind on their foundational reading skills. Thankfully, it’s never too late to give these necessary skills a boost and help students find joy in reading and learning. Armed with equity, empathy, evidence-based research, and practical application, Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers provides classroom practices teachers can use with the whole class or with small groups to integrate reading support seamlessly with grade-level content learning.

Bestselling authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, along with Sarah Ortega, Kierstan Barbee, and Aida Allen-Rotell, creatively organize the book around a metaphor: adolescent literacy is a battery—when all the parts are connected, working together, and fully charged—literacy can thrive. Throughout the book, the following features will guide your learning:

  • Plug Into the Research – an overview of the evidence-based research supporting each section of the literacy model
  • Power Up Classroom Practice – connecting the dots on the research, classroom practice and human aspects of learning
  • Voices from the Field – classroom examples of application and strategies from other secondary educators
  • Take Charge – key takeaways and reflection questions
  • Tips on building and organizing your classroom library to incorporate tools, technology, and media available to maximize lesson effectiveness
  • Dozens of videos to model time-efficient strategies and key concepts
By focusing on research, classroom practices, and the human aspects of learning, this book is an essential tool to recharge reading practices for adolescent readers and help educators increase foundational reading skills in the classroom.

Contents

Introduction

  • Chapter 1: Self-Efficacy: A Foundational Skill for Adolescent Success
  • Chapter 2: Background Knowledge: From the Known to the New
  • Chapter 3: Word Recognition: Free Up Cognitive Space, One Word at a Time
  • Chapter 4: Word Knowledge: The More You Know, the More You Can Learn
  • Chapter 5: Sentence Analysis: Unlocking the Structure of Language
  • Chapter 6: Verbal Reasoning: Thinking with Words Across Texts
  • Chapter 7: Intervention: Supporting Readers to Develop Automaticity in Word Recognition

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Description

Recharge Adolescent Literacy: Strategies to Foster Joyful and Proficient Readers

There are many adolescent readers who, for a variety of reasons, find it difficult to connect with written words and have fallen behind on their foundational reading skills. Thankfully, it’s never too late to give these necessary skills a boost and help students find joy in reading and learning. Armed with equity, empathy, evidence-based research, and practical application, Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers provides classroom practices teachers can use with the whole class or with small groups to integrate reading support seamlessly with grade-level content learning.

Bestselling authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, along with Sarah Ortega, Kierstan Barbee, and Aida Allen-Rotell, creatively organize the book around a metaphor: adolescent literacy is a battery—when all the parts are connected, working together, and fully charged—literacy can thrive. Throughout the book, the following features will guide your learning:

  • Plug Into the Research – an overview of the evidence-based research supporting each section of the literacy model
  • Power Up Classroom Practice – connecting the dots on the research, classroom practice and human aspects of learning
  • Voices from the Field – classroom examples of application and strategies from other secondary educators
  • Take Charge – key takeaways and reflection questions
  • Tips on building and organizing your classroom library to incorporate tools, technology, and media available to maximize lesson effectiveness
  • Dozens of videos to model time-efficient strategies and key concepts
By focusing on research, classroom practices, and the human aspects of learning, this book is an essential tool to recharge reading practices for adolescent readers and help educators increase foundational reading skills in the classroom.

Contents

Introduction

  • Chapter 1: Self-Efficacy: A Foundational Skill for Adolescent Success
  • Chapter 2: Background Knowledge: From the Known to the New
  • Chapter 3: Word Recognition: Free Up Cognitive Space, One Word at a Time
  • Chapter 4: Word Knowledge: The More You Know, the More You Can Learn
  • Chapter 5: Sentence Analysis: Unlocking the Structure of Language
  • Chapter 6: Verbal Reasoning: Thinking with Words Across Texts
  • Chapter 7: Intervention: Supporting Readers to Develop Automaticity in Word Recognition

CODA

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Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers

Douglas Fisher , Nancy Frey , Sarah Ortega , Kierstan Barbee , Aida Allen-Rotell
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January 2025 | 208 pages | Corwin

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Recharge Adolescent Literacy: Strategies to Foster Joyful and Proficient Readers

There are many adolescent readers who, for a variety of reasons, find it difficult to connect with written words and have fallen behind on their foundational reading skills. Thankfully, it’s never too late to give these necessary skills a boost and help students find joy in reading and learning. Armed with equity, empathy, evidence-based research, and practical application, Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers provides classroom practices teachers can use with the whole class or with small groups to integrate reading support seamlessly with grade-level content learning.

Bestselling authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, along with Sarah Ortega, Kierstan Barbee, and Aida Allen-Rotell, creatively organize the book around a metaphor: adolescent literacy is a battery—when all the parts are connected, working together, and fully charged—literacy can thrive. Throughout the book, the following features will guide your learning:

  • Plug Into the Research – an overview of the evidence-based research supporting each section of the literacy model
  • Power Up Classroom Practice – connecting the dots on the research, classroom practice and human aspects of learning
  • Voices from the Field – classroom examples of application and strategies from other secondary educators
  • Take Charge – key takeaways and reflection questions
  • Tips on building and organizing your classroom library to incorporate tools, technology, and media available to maximize lesson effectiveness
  • Dozens of videos to model time-efficient strategies and key concepts
By focusing on research, classroom practices, and the human aspects of learning, this book is an essential tool to recharge reading practices for adolescent readers and help educators increase foundational reading skills in the classroom.

Table Of Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Self-Efficacy: A Foundational Skill for Adolescent Success
  • Chapter 2: Background Knowledge: From the Known to the New
  • Chapter 3: Word Recognition: Free Up Cognitive Space, One Word at a Time
  • Chapter 4: Word Knowledge: The More You Know, the More You Can Learn
  • Chapter 5: Sentence Analysis: Unlocking the Structure of Language
  • Chapter 6: Verbal Reasoning: Thinking with Words Across Texts
  • Chapter 7: Intervention: Supporting Readers to Develop Automaticity in Word Recognition
  • CODA
  • References

Recent Product Reviews:

"Teaching Foundational Skills to Secondary Readers by Dr. Nancy Frey is a necessary resource for secondary educators. Dr. Frey’s practical strategies and deep understanding of supporting striving secondary readers and writers make this book a necessary go-to guide for teachers.”
Ryann Derington, M.A., Staff Development & Curriculum Specialist - ELA/ELD Tulare County Office of Education Visalia, CA
“There is no age limit on learning to read! This fact is even more critical for adolescent students. Students who have been unsuccessful face even greater challenges overcoming reading deficits. The good news it is never too late to learn. Practitioners must first change their mindset and instructional practices. This book is research rich providing a solid foundation of critical instructional practices, as well as providing easy to implement strategies. A must read for all practitioners!”
Lydia Bagley, Ed.S, Instructional Support Specialist/MTSS Coordinator Cobb County School District Marietta, GA
"Understanding what foundational skills are and how to support adolescents is critical in schools today. Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers provides a much-needed resource for educators to learn how to teach foundational skills to adolescents in engaging and meaningful ways. In this text, Fisher, Frey and colleagues provide insight into adolescents’ literacy journeys and demonstrate how theories of effective literacy instruction apply to practice. Readers are provided with examples of how to teach foundational skills explicitly and with flexibility to support a variety of adolescent readers. This text is a must read for teachers as well as for all educational professionals who want to support adolescents’ self-efficacy, motivation, and the necessary foundational skills needed to be successful in middle school and beyond."
Margaret Vaughn, Professor, Washington State University

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