Explaining Reading: A Resource for Teaching Concepts, Skills, and Strategies - Softcover

Duffy, Gerald G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157230877X ISBN 13: 9781572308770

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2003

Synopsis

Exemplary teacher research has established that explicit teaching plays a vital role in the K-8 classroom, with particular benefits for struggling readers. This book is a practical resource for explaining reading to students who do not learn to read easily. Identified are 22 major skills and strategies associated with vocabulary development, comprehension, word recognition, and fluency. Ways to explain each skill or strategy are illustrated with abundant concrete examples, which teachers can use as starting points for developing lessons tailored to the needs, strengths, and interests of their own students. The book also shows how to move from the teacher's explanation to the student's independent use of new concepts, and how to embed explicit teaching within a context of rich, engaging literacy experiences.

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About the Author

Gerald G. Duffy, EdD, is William E. Moran Distinguished Professor in Reading and Literacy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Previously, he spent 25 years at Michigan State University as a reading educator and researcher in classroom reading instruction. A former classroom teacher, past president of the National Reading Conference, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, he has written and edited a number of books on reading instruction. He has published well over 100 articles and research studies on reading strategy instruction and reading teacher effectiveness.

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I. Background to Explaining Chapter 1. The Foundation: A Literate Environment Chapter 2. What Is Explanation? Chapter 3. What to Explain Chapter 4. How to Explain II. Examples of How to Explain Examples for Explaining Vocabulary Example 1. Building Word Meaning Example 2. Categories of Word Meaning Example 3. Words Having Multiple Meanings Examples for Explaining Comprehension Strategies Example 4. Predicting Example 5. Monitoring, Questioning, and Repredicting Example 6. Imaging Example 7. Inferring Example 8. Look-Backs as Fix-It Strategies Example 9. Main Idea Example 10. Summarizing Example 11. Drawing Conclusions Example 12. Evaluating Example 13. Synthesizing Examples for Explaining Word Recognition Example 14. Attending to Print Detail Example 15. Remembering Sight Words Example 16. Phonemic Awareness Example 17. Letter¨Sound Association Example 18. Decoding by Analogy Example 19. Context and Phonics in Combination Example 20. Structural Analysis Examples for Explaining Fluency Example 21. Quick Recognition of Look-Alike Words Example 22. Intonation and Phrasing III. Conclusion Chapter 5. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! Appendix. Additional Practical Teaching Resources Index I. Background to Explaining Chapter 1. The Foundation: A Literate Environment Chapter 2. What Is Explanation? Chapter 3. What to Explain Chapter 4. How to Explain II. Examples of How to Explain Examples for Explaining Vocabulary Example 1. Building Word Meaning Example 2. Categories of Word Meaning Example 3. Words Having Multiple Meanings Examples for Explaining Comprehension Strategies Example 4. Predicting Example 5. Monitoring, Questioning, and Repredicting Example 6. Imaging Example 7. Inferring Example 8. Look-Backs as Fix-It Strategies Example 9. Main Idea Example 10. Summarizing Example 11. Drawing Conclusions Example 12. Evaluating Example 13. Synthesizing Examples for Explaining Word Recognition Example 14. Attending to Print Detail Example 15. Remembering Sight Words Example 16. Phonemic Awareness Example 17. Letter¨Sound Association Example 18. Decoding by Analogy Example 19. Context and Phonics in Combination Example 20. Structural Analysis Examples for Explaining Fluency Example 21. Quick Recognition of Look-Alike Words Example 22. Intonation and Phrasing III. Conclusion Chapter 5. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! Appendix. Additional Practical Teaching Resources Index

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 157230877X
• ISBN 13: 9781572308770
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 231