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Book SynopsisThe volume highlights best practices of literacy instruction for students who have difficulties in reading. From components of effective pedagogy to instruction for specific populations, this text offers an array of expert perspectives on how to engage, scaffold, and prepare students to meet the multimodal demands of schools today. Renowned authors promote the notion that with thoughtful literacy and purposeful approaches to reading instruction, all children have the ability to improve their reading proficiencies. Core literacy instruction targeting comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and writing development among others is of particular focus while supplementary discussions of factors such as native language, diversity, inclusion, and learning disabilities fully characterize issues related to struggling readers for which evidence-based approaches are presented to foster lasting success. It conveys a current portrayal of issues and trends of school-based literacy practices appropriate for novice and experienced educators and researchers alike.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. Embracing Complexity: Integrating Reading, Writing, and Learning in Intervention Settings. Fostering Proactive Reading Instruction within the Content Areas. Meet them Where They Are: Engaging Instruction for Struggling Readers. Scaffolding Children’s Reading During Guided Reading in Intervention Programs. From Struggling Reader to Digital Reader and Multimodal Composer. Struggling Readers Go Online: Building an Integrated, Inquiry-Based Classroom Curriculum. Reaching and Teaching Thoughtful Literacy to Readers Who Struggle: Increasing Motivation, Engagement, and Comprehension. Mobile Devices for Struggling Readers in the Classroom. Vocabulary Instruction: Struggling Readers Becoming Word Wizards. Overcoming Obstacles to Deep Comprehension of Text: A Continuum of Narrative Comprehension. Diverse Literacy Learners: Deficit Versus Productive Pedagogies. Creating Inclusive Spaces for Struggling Readers. Closing the Gap: Reaching Urban Middle School Students. The Plight of the Upper Grade English Learner: Comprehending, Not Just Decoding! Using Big Picture Strategies to Reveal Key Ideas in Texts. Research-Based Reading Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities. School-Based Interventions for Struggling Readers, K-8. Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation. Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation. Copyright page.
