Intervention strategies to follow informal reading inventory assessment : so what do I do now? / JoAnne Schudt Caldwell, Lauren Leslie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caldwell, JoAnne (JoAnne Schudt)

Contributor:

Leslie, Lauren.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading--Remedial teaching.

Reading.

Reading--Ability testing.

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, [2005]

Contents:

Chapter 1 An Overview of Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers 1

Reading Instruction-Past Perspectives 1

Reading Instruction-Present Perspectives 2

Principles of Effective Intervention Programs 3

Chapter 2 Patterns of Reading Difficulty 9

General Patterns 9

Defining A Student's Reading Level 11

Reading Level: An Indicator of Problem Severity 12

Reading Level: An Indicator of Word Identification Proficiency 12

Reading Level: An Indicator of Comprehension Proficiency 15

Designing the Intervention Focus 16

Chapter 3 The Structure of Intervention Sessions 19

The Importance of Consistent Structure 19

Individual Tutoring Structures at the Elementary Level 21

Individual Tutoring Structures at the Middle Level 22

Group Tutoring Structures at the Elementary Level 22

Group Tutoring Structures at the Middle Level 24

Classroom Intervention Structures 25

Designing your own Structure 27

Chapter 4 Phonological Awareness 33

What is Phonological Awareness and Why is it Important? 33

The Importance of Rhyme 35

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Rhyme Knowledge 36

Phonological Awareness Instruction 40

The Importance of Phonemic Awareness 41

Developing Phonemic Awareness Aurally 43

Chapter 5 Word Identification Instruction: Phonics and More 49

What is Systematic Phonics Instruction? 50

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Problems with word Identification 50

Guidelines for Exemplary Phonics Instruction 53

Teaching Consonant Sounds Using Shared Reading 55

Teaching Vowel Sounds: Using Spelling Patterns to Read by Analogy 59

The Importance of Cross-Checking 67

How to Learn Words that are Difficult to Decode 67

Putting it all Together: Guided Reading 72

Chapter 6 Word Identification Instruction: Fluency 75

The Importance of Fluency 75

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Lack of Fluency 76

General Principles for Developing Fluency 77

Instructional Activities for Developing Fluency 80

Chapter 7 Prior Knowledge and Concept Development 93

How Prior Knowledge Affects Comprehension 93

How to Assess Prior Knowledge 95

Building a Knowledge Base: Concept Development 98

Chapter 8 Vocabulary Learning 103

The Importance of Vocabulary Learning 103

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Vocabulary Learning 104

General Principles for Developing Vocabulary Learning 105

Instructional Activities for Fostering Word Learning 110

Chapter 9 Comprehension Instruction: Retelling Narrative Text 119

The Importance of Retelling 119

The Informal Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Retell Narrative Text 120

General Principles for Developing Narrative Retelling 122

The Importance of Modeling 123

Biographies: Bridging Narrative and Expository Text 126

Chapter 10 Comprehension Instruction: Expository Retelling 129

Retelling Expository Text 129

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Retell Expository Text 130

General Principles for Developing Effective Expository Text Retellings 131

Instructional Strategies for Constructing Expository Retellings 133

Expository Idea Map 139

Main Idea Map 143

Chapter 11 Comprehension Instruction: Answering Questions 147

The Complexity of Answering Questions 147

The Importance of Self-Questioning 149

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Answer Questions 150

General Principles for Helping Students to Answer Questions 151

Instructional Activities for Answering Questions 153

Chapter 12 Comprehension Instruction: General Interactive Strategies 161

The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Problems with Comprehension 162

A Framework for Interactive Teaching of Comprehension Strategies 162

Chapter 13 Pulling It All Together: Designing the Intervention Structure 179

Primary Level 180

Intermediate Level 184

Middle Level 188.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0205405584

OCLC:

56014551