Table of Contents
Preface vii
Chapter 1 The Core Purposes of Reading 1
Two Visions of Reading 9
Why Content Teachers Care About Reading 9
Reading and School Reform 11
Content-Area Reading and the Common Core State Standards 14
The Goals of This Book 21
Chapter 2 How Smart Readers Think 27
Reading Lessons 28
Various Kinds of Reading 38
If That's What Reading Involves, What Does It Mean for Our Teaching? 41
Chapter 3 Why Textbooks Are Not Enough 45
The Central Role of Textbooks 46
Getting Better? 49
The Trouble with Textbooks 52
What Can We Do? 59
Chapter 4 Toward a Balanced Diet of Reading 63
A Balance of What? 68
Building a Classroom Library 78
Using and Managing Your Classroom Library 84
Chapter 5 Tools for Thinking: Reading Strategies Across the Curriculum 87
The Key to Teaching the Strategies: Gradual Release of Responsibility 89
Think-Alouds 94
Reading Aloud 98
Frontloading with Images 100
KWL 104
Prereading Quiz (PRQ) 107
Dramatic Role-Play 110
Vocabulary Predictions 112
Partner Reading 115
Post-it Response Notes 118
Annotating Text 121
Coding Text 125
Multicolumn Notes 128
Sketching My Way Through the Text 131
Turn and Talk 134
Tweet the Text 138
Exit Slips and Admit Slips 140
Word Wall 143
Word Meaning Graphic Organizer 147
Vocabulary Tree 150
List-Group-Label 153
Clustering and Mapping 155
Written Conversation 159
Second Helpings 163
Where Do You Stand? 166
RAFT Essay 169
Password 173
Chapter 6 How to Use a Textbook 177
Don't Assign the Whole Textbook 177
Be Selective 178
Focus on Academic Vocabulary 179
Find Out What's Really on the Big Test 181
Ways to Use Textbooks More Effectively 182
Substituting for the Textbook 198
Get a Better Textbook! 199
Chapter 7 Building a Community of Learners 203
Taking Action in All Subjects 206
Putting it All Together 218
ER 8: Independent Beading Workshop in Content Areas 221
Individual and Small-Group Independent Reading 222
Conduct Minilessons 227
Keep Students on Task During Reading Time 230
Conduct One-on-One Conferences During Reading Time 230
Record Observations of Students' Reading and Understanding 231
Make Student Sharing and Presentations Really Work 231
Use Web Tools for Sharing and Publishing When Possible 232
What About Assessment? 235
Always the Big Question: Time 235
Chapter 9 Content-Area Book Clubs 241
Origins of Content-Area Book Clubs 243
Getting Started with Book Clubs 244
The Teacher's Role 249
Projects 250
Assessment 250
Chapter 10 Inquiry Units 257
Inquiry: A New Old Idea 260
What Is Inquiry? 263
Management Tips for Inquiry Projects 269
Assessment (and Grading) of Inquiry Projects 271
Yes, We Do Have Time for Inquiry! 271
Chapter 11 Help for Struggling Readers 277
Create Supportive Relationships 280
Model Thoughtful Reading 283
Promote Students' Self-Monitoring 284
Use Materials Students Can Successfully Read 284
Build Engagement with the Text 285
Provide Materials in Various Formats 287
How Students See It 287
Chapter 12 Recommendations from Reading Research 291
Major Conclusions from Recent Reading Research 293
Conclusion 303
Research Works Cited 304
General Works Cited 309
Index 318
About the Authors 326
