Description
Book SynopsisDesigning a Successful Tutoring Session for Struggling Readers addresses how to design and deliver a successful one-on-one tutoring session tailored to the needs of struggling readers. Essential topics with implications for preparation of literacy tutoring sessions are addressed—response to intervention (RTI), components and organization of a tutoring session, word recognition and fluency strategies, comprehension strategies, writing strategies, content area with STEAM, use of technology, English Language Learners, and parent involvement. Current trends discussed include close reading, close writing, multimodal literacies, digital literacies, text complexity, and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) guidelines.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Discussion of Learning Theories and Response to Intervention (RTI)
- History of National Education Laws
- Book Focus and Organization
- Role of Literacy Coaches
- Reading Process and Major ?eories of Reading Development
- Views of Reading Instruction
- The Concept of Response to Literacy (RTI)
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 2: Components of the Strategic Literacy Tutoring Session
- Schedule, Location, and Literate Environment
- Motivation
- Who Are the Instructors for the Tutoring Sessions?
- Components of a Strategic Literacy Tutoring Session
- Planning Instruction
- Student Literature Essentials in the Tutoring Session
- Fiction and Nonfiction (Content-Area Texts and Information Texts)
- Poetry
- Anthologies of Poems for Students
- Biographies
- Series Books
- Multicultural Books
- Graphic Novels
- Books for Drama
- Social-Emotional Learning Books
- Functional Reading Lessons
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 3: Word Recognition and Fluency Strategies
- Focuses on Word Recognition
- Focus on Fluency
- Fluency Strategies
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 4: Comprehension Strategies
- Current Trends in Reading Comprehension
- Best Practices for Comprehension Instruction
- Research-based Comprehension Strategies
- QAR
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 5: Written Composition
- Concept of the Writing Process
- Comparing Types of Writing
- The Reading/Writing Connection
- The Writing Workshop
- Writing Strategies
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 6: Enriching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas
- Teachers Becoming Content-Area Literacy Providers
- Learning in Science, Social Studies, Math, and Art
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 7: Use of Technology
- Tools for New Literacies
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 8: Meeting the Needs of English Learners and Other Learners with Special Needs in Reading
- Federal Policies
- Teaching Reading to ELs
- Teaching Writing to ELs
- Teaching Content Area to ELs
- Assistive Technology for ELs
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 9: Importance of Parent Involvement
- Role of Reading Specialists and Tutors
- Ideas for Increasing Parent Involvement
- Parent Reading and Writing Support
- Media Literacy Links between Home and School
- Summary
- References
- Index
