Sometimes Reading Is Hard : Using Decoding, Vocabulary, and Comprehension Strategies to Inspire Fluent, Passionate, Lifelong Readers / Robin Bright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bright, Robin, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Elementary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Markham, Ontario : Pembroke Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

Teaching strategies such as mentor texts, guided reading, poetry, and reading conferences are used to encourage students to be proficient and tenacious even when reading is hard. Teachers learn how to weave the factors of motivation into their daily instructional practices.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: Setting Off Down the Path

Learning to Read Is Work

A Responsibility to Break the Cycle

Learning How to Teach Reading Is Work

The Spark for This Book

What You Will Find in This Book

Chapter 1: What Do You Mean I Have to Teach Reading?

The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

Underlying Considerations in Teaching Reading

1. Sometimes Reading Is Hard

2. Structures of Language Support Reading Instruction

3. The Components of Reading Need to Be Taught Daily

4. Every Teacher Is a Reading Teacher

5. Meaningful Relationships Are Key

6. Students Need Good Reasons to Read

7. Teachers Must Be Readers

8. Reading Engagement Leads to the Goal: Capable, Passionate, Lifelong Readers

9. Reading Skills and Motivation Factors Are Synergistic

Chapter 2: Decoding: On the Path to Fluency

Before Children Read, They Talk

Learning the Sounds of Language

Code Breaking

When Guessing Doesn't Cut It

Make It Fun

Is Decoding for Older Readers Too?

From Talk to Print

Love at First "Sight"

The Place for Assessment

Key Strategies to Help You Teach Decoding

1. Lead Guided Reading Groups

2. Teach Decoding through Shared Reading

3. Inspire Students to Be Word Detectives

4. Put Their Names in Lights

5. Get Older Students Decoding

6. Provide Write-to-Read Activities

7. Choose the Right Books

Chapter 3: Fluency: Teaching How to Recognize Words Automatically

What Is Reading Fluency?

Reading Fluency: More than Speed

Target the Reasons Fluency Is Hard to Achieve

What Doesn't Work: Round Robin Reading

What Does Work: Teachers Reading Aloud to Students

Get Them Reading: Offer Books Tailored to Students' Interests or Just Plain Good Books

Collaborative Reading Opportunities.

Key Strategies to Help You Teach Fluency

1. Get Students Reading to One Another in Groups

2. Get Students Reading Together in Pairs

3. Stage a Choral Reading

4. Stage a Poetry Academy

5. Stage Readers Theatre

6. Try Tongue Twisters

7. Make Time for Independent Reading

8. Keep Tabs on Where Your Students Are At

9. Practice Retelling with a Story Vine

Chapter 4: Vocabulary: Teaching How to Build a Library of Words

The Word-Rich Get Richer, The Word-Poor Get Poorer

Continual Exposure to Reading

Which Words to Teach?

The Role of Dedication in Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School

Key Strategies to Help You Teach Vocabulary

1. Encourage Word Wonder

2. Teach Vocabulary through a Teacher Read-Aloud

3. Introduce Vocabulary Self-Collection

4. Harness Visualization

5. Get Students Playing Word Games

6. Galvanize a Vocabulary-Growth Mindset

7. Preview Vocabulary before Independent Reading

8. Build an Interactive Word Wall

Chapter 5: Comprehension: Teaching How to Construct Meaning from Reading

Why Comprehension Is Sometimes Hard

Comprehension: An Interactive Personal Experience

Creating a Mindset Primed for Comprehension

Three Stages of Reading: Three Opportunities to Boost Comprehension

Key Strategies to Help You Teach Comprehension

1. Engage Students in Self-Aware, Active Reading

2. Teach the Practices of Good Readers

3. Teach Text Structures

4. Seek Out Mentor Texts

5. Organize Book Clubs

Chapter 6: Sustaining the Journey: How to Inspire Your Students to Love Reading

The One Book That Changes Everything!

Key Strategies for Inspiring a Life-Long Relationship with Reading

1. Bring Picture Books into Students' Lives

2. Provide Diverse Literature

3. Use Reading Interest Surveys.

4. Visit Libraries with Your Students

5. Create a Classroom Library

Bolster the Reading Relationship with Action

Conclusion: Where Does the Path Lead Now?

Why We Do It

Acknowledgements

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Bright, Robin Sometimes Reading is Hard

ISBN:

9781551389516