The Reading Intervention Toolkit

Laura Robb

ISBN 10: 1425815138 / ISBN 13: 9781425815134

Published by Shell Educational Publishing, US, 2016

About this Item

This classroom resource addresses the instructional challenges faced by fourth to eighth grade teachers and provides research-based tools needed to improve students' reading comprehension. These classroom-tested interventions can be used with struggling readers in 5-, 10 to 15-, and 30 to 40-minute settings. Key features of this professional development resource include: responsive teaching and differentiation; the four kinds of interventions that can support students' reading; intervention tools and strategies for teachers and students; the use of focus standards to discuss key reading strategies (inferring, finding main ideas and themes, and using context to determine a word's meaning); and getting students to write about their reading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reading Intervention Toolkit
• Publisher: Shell Educational Publishing, US
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1425815138
• ISBN 13: 9781425815134
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 691 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This classroom resource addresses the instructional challenges faced by fourth to eighth grade teachers and provides research-based tools needed to improve students' reading comprehension. These classroom-tested interventions can be used with struggling readers in 5-, 10 to 15-, and 30 to 40-minute settings. Key features of this professional development resource include: responsive teaching and differentiation; the four kinds of interventions that can support students' reading; intervention tools and strategies for teachers and students; the use of focus standards to discuss key reading strategies (inferring, finding main ideas and themes, and using context to determine a word's meaning); and getting students to write about their reading.

About the Author

Laura Robb, M.S.Ed., is an author, teacher, coach, and speaker who has taught grades 4 to 8 for more than 40 years. In addition to speaking and consulting, she coaches K-8 teachers. Robb is a featured speaker at conferences and leads workshops in the United States and internationally. In 2016, Robb was NCTE’s recipient of the Richard W. Halle Award for Outstanding Middle Level Educator.