Teaching Strategic Processes in Reading

by Janice F. Almasi, Susan King Fullerton

This accessible teacher resource and course text shows how to incorporate strategy instruction into the K–8 classroom every day. Cutting-edge theory and research are integrated with practical guidance and reflections from experienced teachers of novice and struggling readers. The book describes the nuts and bolts of creating classroom contexts that foster strategy use, combining explicit comprehension instruction with scaffolded support, and providing opportunities for students to verbalize their thinking. It features reproducible learning activities and planning and assessment tools. New to This Edition*The latest knowledge and classroom-tested methods.*Chapter on response to intervention (RTI).*Chapter on organizing instruction across the school day and week.*Expanded practical content, including sample lessons and more early literacy and upper-elementary examples.

Genres: Education

364 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 26, 2002

Reviews

[Mr. Martino · Rating 5 out of 5]

This textbook was actually really decent and I learned a lot about reading instruction from it! Definitely made me a smarter teacher. It was also probably the best textbook I read this semester! (The other ones were bad.)

[Susanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't usually like to count books that I had to read for class because they're required, consist of a lot of skimming and not reading, and I don't always have to finish them. But I'm really close to not meeting my reading goal and this is another book I actually read the majority of for class (I skipped the charts and graphic organizers for now but I'll use them as I teach.) :) It's a well written text that discusses something we talk about in teaching reading but aren't given support to actually learn how to teach, no matter how applicable it may be for struggling readers. It has practical lesson plans and clear answers to questions I've been discussing with other teachers a lot the last 3 years. I also really liked the section at the end that provides a spectrum for a teacher's development of teaching reading.

[Ann Yanchura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Janet Almasi - both her presentations and her writing. She does an excellent job in this book of combining theory and practice. It is useful and user friendly - lots of great ideas. The experiences of her students as they struggle with strategic processing instruction make the book all that more honest and helpful.

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most useful book I’ve come across for how to teach strategic processes in reading. I learned so many things while reading this book. I highly recommend it for anyone working with struggling readers.