"Subject Areas/Keywords: assessments, assisted reading, authentic reading, content learning, fluency, instruction, lessons, literacy, modeling, phrasing, reading comprehension, reading methods, scripts, skills, strategies, struggling readers, teaching, texts DESCRIPTION Helping teachers move beyond fluency as measured by speed alone, this book focuses on building the skills that students need to read accurately, meaningfully, and expressively--the...

"Subject Areas/Keywords: assessments, decoding, elementary, English language learners, fluency, literacy instruction, oral reading, primary grades, prosody, reading comprehension, reading expressiveness, reading methods, secondary, struggling readers Description: This accessible guide brings together well-known authorities to examine what reading fluency is and how it can best be taught. Teachers get a clear, practical roadmap for navigating the often...

In theory and in practice, reading is kin to writing. However, large numbers of individuals who require developmental (remedial) writing courses in college do very little independent reading, some none at all. They represent in attitude and action the widespread social phenomenon of aliteracy: They have the ability to read, just not the inclination. Though taught the "three R's" in school, they largely spurn the first one except when it is required....

Fishing at the creek was fun until Tom and Ricky find that all the fish are dead, and that there is oil in the water. Could there really be oil in that old oil well near the creek? And how is Sam, the gas station owner, involved in this?

Practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents develop new reading comprehension skills. Cris Tovani is an accomplished teacher and staff developer who writes with verve and humor about the challenges of working with students at all levels of achievement - from those who have mastered the art of "fake reading" to college-bound juniors and seniors who struggle with the different demands of content-area textbooks and novels. Enter...