Synopses & Reviews
New edition includes more direction for teaching older readers, increased coverage of RTI, expanded assessment and spelling coverage as well as content on ELL.
The public focus on children who struggle with learning to read has never been greater. Bursuck and Damer have done an extraordinary job of answering that exact charge—to help all students succeed at reading—in writing this extraordinary book.Organized according to the Reading First categories of reading development and instruction as presented in the report of the National Reading Panel, the book uses a systematic, explicit, success-oriented approach for teaching struggling readers in today’s accountability-driven schools. Teachers will appreciate the authentic, research-validated reality-based strategies and the accessible language used throughout. All of the strategies presented are research-based, and have been field-tested with at-risk children in both rural and urban teaching settings. Most of the strategies have resulted from the authors’ work in K-3, inner-city schools, working every day with at-risk children, including children of poverty, children for whom English is not their primary language, and children with learning and behavioral disabilities, not just findings from research articles! The text covers the 5 key elements of reading, delineated in the National Reading Panel Report in order to help teachers learn how to differentiate instruction within each of these areas for a range of learners, using systematic, explicit teaching strategies within a multi-tier RTI framework. Teachers can also rest assure that all of the strategies not only follow the guidelines put forth by the National Reading Panel, but cover the essential areas of phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle (phonics), reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and are carefully tied to specific assessments, producing a level of accountability that is required of all teachers in today’s schools. Other hallmarks of the book include: all of the strategies benefit English Language Learners; newly added chapter vignettes profile students and their struggles with reading, IEP goals and objectives in reading, and tips for differentiating instruction for each of the featured children; Research to Practice features; Reflective Teacher features, and more.
Synopsis
Rev. ed. of: Reading instruction for students who are at risk or have disabilities: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2007.
Synopsis
This exciting textbook implements a systematic, explicit, success-oriented approach for teaching struggling readers in today’s accountability-driven schools. Organized according to the Reading First categories of reading development and instruction as presented in the report of the National Reading Panel, teachers will appreciate the authentic, research-validated reality-based strategies and the accessible language used throughout. The public focus on children who struggle with learning to read has never been greater. Bursuck and Damer have done an extraordinary job of answering that exact charge–to help all students succeed at reading–in writing Teaching Reading to Students Who Are at Risk or Have Disabilities.
Hallmarks of the Second Edition:
- Authentic, proven strategies! All strategies are research-based, and have been field- tested with at-risk children in both rural and urban teaching settings. Most of the strategies have resulted from the authors’ work in K-3, inner-city schools, working every day with at-risk children, not just findings from research articles!
- NEW! Covers the 5 key elements of reading, delineated in the National Reading Panel Report. Teachers will learn how to differentiate instruction within each of these areas for a range of learners, using systematic, explicit teaching strategies within a multi-tier RTI framework.
- NEW! Unique chapter vignettes! Each profiles a student with their personal story, IEP goals and objectives in reading, and tips for differentiating instruction for this child!
- Reflective Teacher features! Allows teachers to be privy to the thoughts as well as the actions of effective teachers, rendering the strategies much more understandable and applicable.
- “Research to Practice” features! Explain how scientifically-based principles of teaching reading translate into day-to-day instructional practice.
About the Author
Dr. Bursuck, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a Professor of Special Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the co-author of the best-selling textbook on inclusive practices, Including Students with Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Teachers, also published by Pearson. In addition, he has also authored and co-authored over 50 research-based articles on ways to teach students who are at-risk or who have disabilities.
Mary Damer is an educational consultant and co-founder of Multi-Tier, LLC, a consulting company that works with school districts to increase reading achievement through an intensive, multi-tiered model based on preventing reading failure. For over seven years, she has directed her multi-tier reading project in high-poverty, urban schools. A former teacher, principal, and behavior consultant, she is currently a lecturer in special education at The Ohio State University, and the co-author of Managing Unmanageable Students: Practical Solutions for Administrators.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Systematic, Explicit Reading Instruction
Chapter 2 Phonemic Awareness
Chapter 3 Beginning Reading Early Decoding
Chapter 4 Advanced Word-Reading
Chapter 5 Reading Fluency
Chapter 6 Vocabulary Instruction
Chapter 7 Comprehension
Applied Activities
References
Appendix A Early Reading Assessment Batteries Used for Screening
Appendix B DIBELS Benchmark Tables
Appendix C Tier Decision Guidelines Made by a District Based on DIBELS Scores
Appendix D Consonant Blends, Consonant Digraphs, Consonant Diphthongs
Appendix E Informal Phonics Diagnostic Assessment for Beginning Reader
Appendix F Lesson Plan for Beginning Reader
Appendix G Informal Advanced Word Reading Diagnostic Assessment
Appendix H Diagnostic Spelling Assessment for Advanced Readers
Appendix I Lesson Plan for an Advanced Word Reader
Appendix J Vocabulary Assessments
Gloassary
Index