Word Callers: Small-Group and One-to-One Interventions for Children Who "Read" but Don't Compr ehend (Research-Informed Classroom) - Softcover

Duke, Nell K; Cartwright, Kelly B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325026939 ISBN 13: 9780325026930

Publisher: HEINEMANN, 2010

Synopsis

Fast, effective, research-based interventions for struggling readers

Have you ever zoned out during reading-pronounced the words, without processing their meaning? This is how "word callers" experience all reading, In fact, strong decoders with limited comprehension account for nearly a third of all struggling readers. Now there's powerful new hope for them in Word Callers.

"Word callers are so focused on letters and decoding that their minds don't knit...

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About the Author

"My hope in writing Word Callers," writes Kelly Cartwright," is to share insights into what makes word callers tick, as well as effective interventions that can help these children learn to enjoy the rich meaningful world of reading that they are missing." Her research has long focused on the importance of flexible thinking for skilled comprehension, and her word-and-picture card assessment and intervention developed as she observed...

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Review

I am so grateful to Kelly for bringing together so much important research and communicating it so effectively. Kelly puts readers of this book on the cutting edge of reading comprehension instruction for a significant and under-served population of students. Thank you, Kelly, and thank you to everyone who reads this book and works to bring all readers to deep comprehension. --Nell K. Duke Michigan State University

Edition details

• Publisher: HEINEMANN
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0325026939
• ISBN 13: 9780325026930
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160