Supporting Struggling Readers /
Barbara J. Walker ; edited by Dyanne Rivers.
- 2nd ed., rev. and expanded
- Toronto : Pippin Publishing, 2003.
- 128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Pippin Teacher's Library .
Volume 41 in the Pippin Teacher's Library series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122).
"Barbara Walker believes that struggling readers, like their more proficient counterparts, are active learners in search of meaning. In this revised and expanded edition of Supporting Struggling Readers, she suggests that teachers can build on these children's strengths -- the things they can already do -- to help them broaden the strategies they use to make sense of text. The book examines the phases of literacy and expands on the instructional strategies and assessment techniques that support children's reading development during each phase. To draw together the practical teaching techniques that made the original edition of Supporting Struggling Readers so popular, Dr. Walker has added a chapter that explains how to incorporate these techniques into a framework of effective instruction that supports struggling readers as they progress through the developmental phases of literacy" (Book Cover).
CONTENTS Introduction [1.] Active Literacy Predicting -- Checking Predictions -- Elaborating on Strategies and Understanding -- Situating Literacy -- The Reading Process -- Summary [2.] Reasons for Reading Difficulty Difficulty Linking Sources of Information -- Difficulty Elaborating Content and Strategy Knowledge -- Difficulty Monitoring Meaning -- Difficulty Interpreting the Situational Context -- Summary [3] Guidelines for Instruction Focus on What Children Can Do -- Focus on Making Sense -- Use Familiar Topics -- Ask Children What They Already Know -- Discuss Stories with Peers -- Revisit Text -- Coach Literate Behaviours -- Give Children Choice -- Ask Children What They Learned -- Support Children's Membership in the Literacy Community -- Summary
Parents as Partners -- Volunteers as Reading Tutors -- Staff Review Process -- Congruence Model -- Collaborative Education Model -- Summary [13.] A Final Look Bibliography
"Barbara Walker believes that struggling readers, like their more proficient counterparts, are active learners in search of meaning. In this revised and expanded edition of Supporting Struggling Readers, she suggests that teachers can build on these children's strengths -- the things they can already do -- to help them broaden the strategies they use to make sense of text. The book examines the phases of literacy and expands on the instructional strategies and assessment techniques that support children's reading development during each phase. To draw together the practical teaching techniques that made the original edition of Supporting Struggling Readers so popular, Dr. Walker has added a chapter that explains how to incorporate these techniques into a framework of effective instruction that supports struggling readers as they progress through the developmental phases of literacy" (Book Cover). CONTENTS:
Introduction
[1.] Active Literacy Predicting Checking Predictions Elaborating on Strategies and Understanding Situating Literacy The Reading Process Summary
[2.] Reasons for Reading Difficulty Difficulty Linking Sources of Information Difficulty Elaborating Content and Strategy Knowledge Difficulty Monitoring Meaning Difficulty Interpreting the Situational Context Summary
[3] Guidelines for Instruction Focus on What Children Can Do Focus on Making Sense Use Familiar Topics Ask Children What They Already Know Discuss Stories with Peers Revisit Text Coach Literate Behaviours Give Children Choice Ask Children What They Learned Support Children's Membership in the Literacy Community Summary
[4.] Literacy Development - A Continuing Process Emergent Literacy Grounded Literacy Expanding Literacy Strategic Literacy Reflective Literacy Summary