Synopses & Reviews
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Readers simply love this book because of the perfect balance of theory and practice.
Professor Nancy Hansen-Krening, University of Washington
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Professor Verlinda Angell, Southern Utah University
¦-------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ My students like the massive amount of information contained in a relatively short text. The organization has a nice flow and fits well with the syllabus.
Professor Vi Austin, Stephen F. Austin State University
¦-------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ Scaffolding Emergent Literacy will help children become more strategic in their building of literacy skills and concepts!
Underscored by rich child development theory, developmentally appropriate practices, and sound research, the Second Edition of this popular book is packed with literacy activities that support emergent to fluent literacy. Each strategy is paired with a classroom demonstration and samples of children's work. With this book, assessment isn't an afterthought! Scaffolding Emergent Literacy provides in-depth coverage of highly effective assessment and evaluation strategies and offers numerous classroom-based, child-centered measurement tools, along with useful descriptions of the most common standardized tests being used for diagnostic purposes.
New To The Second Edition
- New coverage of Special Education!
- Strategies for English Language Learners throughout!
- New activities with information on the use of technology in the classroom!
- New activities through Grade 5!
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Synopsis
For twenty years, Understanding Reading Problems has enabled tens of thousands of teachers to create engaged readers, from the primary grades through adolescence. Presenting the material in an accessible manner, renowned authors Gillet and Temple emphasize classroom, rather than clinical, techniques for working with struggling readers. The Fifth Edition includes new practical guidelines on how to teach phonics, as well as a stronger emphasis on authentic assessment.
Table of Contents
1. Reading and Its Assessment.
The Many Sides of Reading.
What Teachers Need to Know About Reading Assessment.
The Reading Process and Reading Problems.
Changing Trends in Assessment.
Summary.
References.
2. Assessment for Internal Audiences: On-Going Assessments.
Running Records.
Observations of Reading Behaviors and Strategies.
Monitoring Types and Difficulty of Texts Read.
Monitoring Spelling Progress.
Monitoring Writing Progress.
3. Assessment for Internal Audiences: Periodic In-Depth Assessments.
Chapter Outline.
Levels of Reading Ability.
The Informal Reading Inventory.
Administering an Informal Reading Inventory.
Scoring an Informal Reading Inventory.
Interpreting an Informal Reading Inventory
Supplementing Informal Assessments
4. Assessment for Internal Audiences: Portfolio Assessment.
Chapter Outline.
Perspectives on Authentic Assessment and Evaluation.
Why Keep Portfolios?
Beginning a Portfolio Program.
Keeping Portfolios.
Evaluating Portfolios.
Portfolio Conferences.
5. Assessment for External Audiences: Formal Measures.
Chapter Outline.
Understanding Formal Measures.
Characteristics of Tests.
Interpreting Test Results.
Norm-Referenced Tests.
Criterion-Referenced Tests.
State Standards and Assessment.
6. Emergent and Beginning Literacy.
Different Conceptions of Early Literacy.
Understanding and Assessing Emergent and Beginning Literacy.
Summary.
References.
7. Assessing and Teaching Developing Readers.
Introduction.
Case Study.
Phonics and Word Knowledge for Developing Readers.
Words With Grammatical Affixes.
Guiding Word Study.
Developing Sight Vocabulary.
Developing Reading Fluency.
Developing Word Analysis Strategies.
Vocabulary.
Developing Reading Comprehension.
Developing Listening Comprehension.
Time Spent Reading.
Summary.
References.
8. Mature Readers and Writers.
From Learning to Read to Reading to Learn.
A Model of Instruction to Guide Reading to Learn.
Strategies for the Anticipation Phase.
Strategies for the Investigation Phases.
Strategies for the Reflection Phase.
Understanding the Patterns of Text Organization.
Vocabulary.
9. Adolescent Students with Reading Problems.
Guiding Principles and Theories.
Classifying the Adolescent Student with Reading Problems.
Summary.
References.
10. Strategies for Teaching Reading and Writing to English Language Learners.
The Context of Teaching English Language Learners to Read and Write.
Second Language Acquisition.
Teaching English Language Learners to Read and Write in English.
Some Issues in Assessing the Reading and Writing of English Language Learners.
Summary.
References.
11. Factors Related to Reading Problems
Chapter Outline.
Philosophical and Legal Issues Related to Special-Needs Students.
Intellectual Factors.
Physical Factors.
Language Factors.
Special Learning Problems.
Designing Individualized Interventions.