Teaching for comprehending and fluency : thinking, talking, and writing about reading, K-8 / Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fountas, Irene C.

Contributor:

Pinnell, Gay Su.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary).

Language arts (Elementary).

Physical Description:

xlii, 566 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (130 minutes : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2006]

Summary:

A practical guide for teaching comprehension and fluency in the kindergarten through eighth-grade classroom with instruction on reading levels, writing about reading, and interactive read-aloud and literature study; and contains a DVD with over 100 blackline masters, forms, and checklists.

Contents:

Understanding readers, texts and teaching

Helping students build a system for processing a variety of texts

Reading is thinking: within, beyond, and about the text

Helping students develop systems of strategic actions to sustain processing

Helping students develop systems of strategic actions for expanding thinking

Understanding the fluent reader: effective processing

Recognizing change over time in fluent reading

Assessing comprehension and fluency to document progress and inform teaching

The role of talk, writing, and benchmark books in assessing comprehension

Using a variety of high-quality texts to support literacy learning

Support thinking across a variety of genres

Using a gradient of text to match books to readers

Understanding the demands of nonfiction texts

Understanding the demands of fiction and poetry

Engaging readers in thinking and talking about texts through interactive read-aloud

Creating a literature culture through interactive read-aloud: shared talk about texts

Planning for interactive read-aloud and literature study across the grades

Moving from interactive read-aloud to literature study

Deepening comprehension: engaging students in small-group literature discussion

Getting started with book clubs: thinking and talking about texts.

Promoting shared and performed reading: fluent oral processing of texts

Maximizing independent reading: helping students think within, beyond, and about texts in a reading workshop

Designing minilessons to support thinking about texts in a reading workshop

Using guided reading to teach comprehending and fluency

Using guided reading to teach for the comprehending of fiction texts

Using guided reading to teach for the comprehending of nonfiction texts

Writing about reading: moving from talk to written conversation about texts

Writing about reading in a variety of genres

Meeting the diverse needs of English language learners

Teaching for fluency across instructional contexts

Expanding vocabulary across instructional contexts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Fountas, Irene C. Teaching for comprehending and fluency.

ISBN:

9780325003085

0325003084

OCLC:

64289168

Publisher Number:

99969664171