Reading Beyond the Basics: Key Routines for Engaging, Research-Informed Instruction in Grades 2–6 (Practical methods for effective reading instruction) - Softcover

Catlin Goodrow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1962188213 ISBN 13: 9781962188210

Publisher: Solution Tree Press, 2025

Synopsis

Teacher and literacy coach Catlin Goodrow offers research-informed strategies and personal reflections to help older elementary school students engage with complex, vocabulary-rich texts. Grounded in effective tools and routines, her approach focuses on the teacher-supported reading of worthy texts. Teachers will find practical resources, templates, and examples of lessons to foster student engagement, accelerate reading skills, and support ongoing literacy development.

Grades 2–6 classroom teachers, reading specialists, and literacy coaches will:

• Shape literacy instruction around flexible principles versus prescribed programs of practice
• Analyze and select texts that both foster literacy skills and encourage personal reflection
• Develop literacy lesson structures that support students before, during, and after reading
• Implement simple, reproducible exercises as grounding routines for reading engagement
• Create safe learning environments where students can engage and explore their reading

Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Preparing and Planning
Chapter 1: Five Guiding Principles
Chapter 2: Selecting and Evaluating Texts Worth Reading
Chapter 3: Analyzing Texts With Readers in Mind
Part II: Structuring Reading Lessons
Chapter 4: Before Reading
Chapter 5: During Reading
Chapter 6: After Reading
Part III: Conditions for Learning
Chapter 7: Classroom Culture for Growing Readers
Conclusion
References and Resources
Index

About this title

About the Author

Catlin Goodrow is an intervention teacher and instructional coach at the Spokane International Academy in Spokane, Washington. Previously, she worked as a first- and second-grade teacher in Houston, Texas, and as designer of professional development for teachers, instructional coaches, and other instructional leaders. As a statewide coordinator for Texas Reading First and a designer for Teach For America, Goodrow was privileged to observe classroom instruction across the United States, developing her vision for high-quality instruction. This vision is centered on building literate communities, culturally responsive education, and support for educators in developing their practice.
Goodrow has presented throughout the United States on topics ranging from reading comprehension instruction, instructional vision for leaders, and explicit, systematic instruction. She has also written curriculum for students as young as preK and up to eighth grade, designing clear and coherent lessons that put research principles into the hands of teachers.
Goodrow received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Whitworth University, and a master’s degree in teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1962188213
• ISBN 13: 9781962188210
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 272