Differentiating Reading Instruction: How to Teach Reading To Meet the Needs of Each Student

by Laura Robb

Differentiated instruction—matching just-right instruction to the needs of each learner—is a powerful and effective way to help all students be successful. In this resource, reading expert, Laura Robb, invites you into her classroom so you can see differentiated reading instruction in action. She shows you how to teach and manage whole-class reading where each student reads a different book, provide targeted support while working with small-groups, build comprehension through student-centered journal writing, and tier assignments to maximize the learning potential of each student. Includes lessons, strategies, assessment ideas, management tips, and samples of student work.

Genres: Teaching, Education

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Author, teacher, coach, and speaker, Laura Robb has completed 43 years of teaching in grades 4-8.

She presently coaches teachers in reading/writing workshop at Powhatan School in Virginia and coaches teachers in grades K-8 in Staunton, Virginia, Long Island, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and West Nyack, New York.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am so glad I finally pulled this book off my shelf. There were many great ideas in here to help my students not only with independent reading but with the books we tackle in class. I will need to go back through it again to see how I want to use some of these techniques successfully, but I look forward to that! I especially liked that Robb said we don't want to kill reading w/ too much writing. I want to model the ideas about journal entries in class and then see if students can complete them on their own, just not on a daily basis. Can't wait to read the next book!

[Mindi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I read this book too soon after Teaching Reading In Middle School. There is quite a bit of overlap between the two books, but I did mark some sections I'd like to return to later in the summer as I plan my class for the year.

[Alena Reid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Practical applications...easy to follow and implement. I really like the "reflection" sections at the end of each chapter.