Rigorous Reading, Texas Edition

5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts
Adapted Edition
Douglas Fisher
Nancy Frey
Corwin Literacy
Rigorous Reading, Texas Edition
February 2018 | 184 pages | Corwin
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Newly revised and updated throughout, this new Texas Edition has been specially developed to align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards.

What it really means to "read closely."

What could Fern Arable, Jay Gatsby, and Winston Churchill possibly have in common? They all need masterful teachers to help students revel in their complexity. And Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher are just the two mentors to help you make that happen. Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading - call it what you like. The point is, it's a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction. In Rigorous Reading, Nancy and Doug articulate an instructional plan so clearly, and so squarely built on research, that teachers, schools, and districts need look no further.

The 5 Access Points Toward Proficiency Purpose & Modeling:

  1. Teachers think aloud to demonstrate critical thinking and how good readers always know why they are reading.
  2. Close & Scaffolded Reading Instruction: Teachers engage students in repeated readings and discussions, with text-dependent questions, prompts, and cues to help students delve into an author's ideas.
  3. Collaborative Conversations: Teachers orchestrate collaborative learning to get students in the habit of exercising their analytical thinking in the presence of their peers.
  4. An Independent Reading Staircase: Teachers artfully steer students to more challenging books, with strategic bursts of instruction and peer conferences to foster metacognitive awareness.
  5. Performance: Teachers offer feedback and assessments that help students demonstrate understanding of text in authentic ways and plan instruction based on student understanding.

There's more . . . Also included are illustrative classroom video clips available via QR codes along with an online Facilitator's Guide with PowerPoints--making Rigorous Reading the only resource a teacher, school, or district needs to seriously stretch students' capacity to read and comprehend text.

Contents

List of Videos

List of Videos

Foreword

Foreword

INTRODUCTION: Your Access Point

  • CHAPTER 1. Ramping Up for Complex Texts
  • Reading Complex Texts
  • A New Definition of Text Complexity
  • Reading Closely and Carefully
  • The Importance of Comprehension Strategies Instruction for Accessing Complex Texts
  • Accessing Complex Texts Through a Gradual Release of Responsibility
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 2. Access Point One: Modeling and Learning Intentions
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Modeling
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires a Clear Learning Intention
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 3. Access Point Two: Close and Scaffolded Reading Instruction
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Close Reading
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Scaffolded Reading Instruction
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 4. Access Point Three: Collaborative Conversations
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Collaborative Conversations
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Student-to- Student Interaction
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 5. Access Point Four: An Independent Reading Staircase
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Wide, Independent Reading
  • Increasing At-Home Reading
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Conferring
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 6. Access Point Five: Assessing Students’ Understanding
  • Checking for Understanding
  • Summary

Coda

Coda

References

References

Index

Index

Resources

Description

Newly revised and updated throughout, this new Texas Edition has been specially developed to align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards.

What it really means to "read closely."

What could Fern Arable, Jay Gatsby, and Winston Churchill possibly have in common? They all need masterful teachers to help students revel in their complexity. And Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher are just the two mentors to help you make that happen. Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading - call it what you like. The point is, it's a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction. In Rigorous Reading, Nancy and Doug articulate an instructional plan so clearly, and so squarely built on research, that teachers, schools, and districts need look no further.

The 5 Access Points Toward Proficiency Purpose & Modeling:

  1. Teachers think aloud to demonstrate critical thinking and how good readers always know why they are reading.
  2. Close & Scaffolded Reading Instruction: Teachers engage students in repeated readings and discussions, with text-dependent questions, prompts, and cues to help students delve into an author's ideas.
  3. Collaborative Conversations: Teachers orchestrate collaborative learning to get students in the habit of exercising their analytical thinking in the presence of their peers.
  4. An Independent Reading Staircase: Teachers artfully steer students to more challenging books, with strategic bursts of instruction and peer conferences to foster metacognitive awareness.
  5. Performance: Teachers offer feedback and assessments that help students demonstrate understanding of text in authentic ways and plan instruction based on student understanding.

There's more . . . Also included are illustrative classroom video clips available via QR codes along with an online Facilitator's Guide with PowerPoints--making Rigorous Reading the only resource a teacher, school, or district needs to seriously stretch students' capacity to read and comprehend text.

Contents

List of Videos

List of Videos

Foreword

Foreword

INTRODUCTION: Your Access Point

  • CHAPTER 1. Ramping Up for Complex Texts
  • Reading Complex Texts
  • A New Definition of Text Complexity
  • Reading Closely and Carefully
  • The Importance of Comprehension Strategies Instruction for Accessing Complex Texts
  • Accessing Complex Texts Through a Gradual Release of Responsibility
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 2. Access Point One: Modeling and Learning Intentions
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Modeling
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires a Clear Learning Intention
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 3. Access Point Two: Close and Scaffolded Reading Instruction
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Close Reading
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Scaffolded Reading Instruction
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 4. Access Point Three: Collaborative Conversations
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Collaborative Conversations
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Student-to- Student Interaction
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 5. Access Point Four: An Independent Reading Staircase
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Wide, Independent Reading
  • Increasing At-Home Reading
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Conferring
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 6. Access Point Five: Assessing Students’ Understanding
  • Checking for Understanding
  • Summary

Coda

Coda

References

References

Index

Index

Resources

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Rigorous Reading, Texas Edition

5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts

Douglas Fisher , Nancy Frey
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February 2018 | 184 pages | Corwin

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Newly revised and updated throughout, this new Texas Edition has been specially developed to align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards.

What it really means to "read closely."

What could Fern Arable, Jay Gatsby, and Winston Churchill possibly have in common? They all need masterful teachers to help students revel in their complexity. And Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher are just the two mentors to help you make that happen. Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading - call it what you like. The point is, it's a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction. In Rigorous Reading, Nancy and Doug articulate an instructional plan so clearly, and so squarely built on research, that teachers, schools, and districts need look no further.

The 5 Access Points Toward Proficiency Purpose & Modeling:

  1. Teachers think aloud to demonstrate critical thinking and how good readers always know why they are reading.
  2. Close & Scaffolded Reading Instruction: Teachers engage students in repeated readings and discussions, with text-dependent questions, prompts, and cues to help students delve into an author's ideas.
  3. Collaborative Conversations: Teachers orchestrate collaborative learning to get students in the habit of exercising their analytical thinking in the presence of their peers.
  4. An Independent Reading Staircase: Teachers artfully steer students to more challenging books, with strategic bursts of instruction and peer conferences to foster metacognitive awareness.
  5. Performance: Teachers offer feedback and assessments that help students demonstrate understanding of text in authentic ways and plan instruction based on student understanding.

There's more . . . Also included are illustrative classroom video clips available via QR codes along with an online Facilitator's Guide with PowerPoints--making Rigorous Reading the only resource a teacher, school, or district needs to seriously stretch students' capacity to read and comprehend text.


Table Of Contents:

  • List of Videos
  • Foreword
  • INTRODUCTION: Your Access Point
  • CHAPTER 1. Ramping Up for Complex Texts
  • Reading Complex Texts
  • A New Definition of Text Complexity
  • Reading Closely and Carefully
  • The Importance of Comprehension Strategies Instruction for Accessing Complex Texts
  • Accessing Complex Texts Through a Gradual Release of Responsibility
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 2. Access Point One: Modeling and Learning Intentions
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Modeling
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires a Clear Learning Intention
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 3. Access Point Two: Close and Scaffolded Reading Instruction
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Close Reading
  • Accessing Complex Text Requires Scaffolded Reading Instruction
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 4. Access Point Three: Collaborative Conversations
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Collaborative Conversations
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Student-to- Student Interaction
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 5. Access Point Four: An Independent Reading Staircase
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Wide, Independent Reading
  • Increasing At-Home Reading
  • Accessing Complex Texts Requires Conferring
  • Summary
  • CHAPTER 6. Access Point Five: Assessing Students’ Understanding
  • Checking for Understanding
  • Summary
  • Coda
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

This is a bold book. . . . It is genius, and its unique contribution, is in bringing the balance and the centeredness to new education standards.
P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley
With Rigorous Reading, Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey have provided literacy educators who are committed to successfully raising the bar with solutions that make sense. The book is masterfully developed with an extensive reach across many grade levels in terms of defining what it means to provide intentional instruction and teaching text complexity. The five access points are discussed pragmatically with evidence of a solid research base deftly woven throughout the book. This is the most practical book I have come across in terms of providing teachers with the knowledge base and assistance many are seeking to improve their instruction with regard to complex texts.
Steven L. Layne, EdD, Professor of Literacy Education, Judson University and Author of Igniting a Passion for Reading
In Rigorous Reading: 5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts, Fisher and Frey help teachers understand how to bring vigor to rigor. They teach us how to help students understand more from their complex texts—greater understanding that will help to bring life and energy to each student’s reading. Rooted in solid research, this is book is a must-read for those grappling with how to translate the recommendations and mandates around text complexity into instructional practices.
Jennifer Serravallo, Author of Teaching Reading in Small Groups and Conferring with Readers
[W]e need resources that show us how to support students in developing their full literacy potential. In this very practical and insightful book, Fisher and Frey examine how conceptions of text complexity are causing us to shift some of our ideas about reading instruction. Rigorous Reading is an important resource that will help teachers align reading instruction in powerful ways.
Linda B. Gambrell, Professor, Clemson University

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