Structured Literacy Interventions: Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, Grades K-6

by Louise Spear-Swerling (Editor)

Comprehensive and evidence-based, Structured Literacy (SL) approaches place a high value on explicit, systematic, and sequential instruction. This book brings together leading experts to present a wealth of SL interventions for different components of literacy. Chapters describe instructional strategies for supporting phonological awareness, basic and multisyllabic word decoding, spelling, reading fluency, vocabulary, oral and reading comprehension, and written expression, especially for at-risk readers and those with disabilities. Including case studies, sample intervention activities, lesson plans, and end-of-chapter application activities, the book contains reproducible tools that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8½“ x 11” size.

An NCTQ Exemplary Text for Reading Instruction

See also Louise Spear-Swerling's authored volume, The Structured Literacy Designing Interventions for Common Reading Difficulties, Grades 1–9, which provides blueprints for tailoring interventions based on a learner's reading profile.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction, Professional Development

244 pages, Paperback

Published February 22, 2022

Reviews

[Vada Irish · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars only because I was forced to read this for class. But, the readings were actually very helpful! I feel more competent in differentiating reading lessons and teaching in a way that will serve my future students in the best way possible.

[Samantha Bonaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just glad to be finished with the hardest class of my degree 🙏👋🏼

[Turquoise Brennan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did this as a book study with a colleague and while this could be a Greta book stand alone - it also added to it by sharing ideas with someone around it.
Highly recommended for any level of educator.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dense but very informative

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

[Ann Warren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love how each chapter covered a different topic and was written by different researchers. Lots of up to date research and one I’ll definitely be revisiting.

[Riya Simba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listen idec that this was a textbook. I read every word of it and I'm counting it as a book I read this year...

[Meredith M · Rating 5 out of 5]

very focused on students with disabilities. A few hard to read chapters but incredibly thorough and helpful with understanding good teaching practices....for ALL students.

[Gracie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you know someone who doesn’t know how to read this book is for you!

[Erika Troop · Rating 1 out of 5]

grad school books still count, right?

[Lindsey McDermott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great read for anyone wanting to implement Science of Reading or structured literacy interventions. It is definitely not a super easy read: it’s wordy and the oral language chapter was particularly difficult to understand. However, there were so many specific take aways and I left with many new ideas.