From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Confident, Capable Readers

by Stephanie Harvey, Annie Ward, Dav Pilkey (Foreword by)

Overview

When it comes to readers who need the most support, teachers can’t afford to waste time using fragmented, skill-and-drill interventions that don’t work. Literacy specialists Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward demonstrate how to “table the labels” and use detailed formative assessments to craft targeted, personalized instruction that enable striving readers to do what they need above all - to find books they love and engage in voluminous reading. Loaded with ready-to-go lessons, routines, and “actions,” as well as the latest research, this book is a must for any teacher who strives to make every reader a thriving reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338051964
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/10/2017
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books -- the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.

In college, Dav met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. He made many other books before being awarded the 1998 California Young Reader Medal for Dog Breath, which was published in 1994, and in 1997 he won the Caldecott Honor for The Paperboy.

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, published in 2002, was the first complete graphic novel spin-off from the Captain Underpants series and appeared at #6 on the USA Today bestseller list for all books, both adult and children's, and was also a New York Times bestseller. It was followed by Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, also a USA Today bestseller. The unconventional style of these graphic novels is intended to encourage uninhibited creativity in kids.

His stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, tolerance, and the triumph of the good-hearted.

Dav loves to kayak in the Pacific Northwest with his wife.

Table of Contents

A Note From the Authors 5

From Striving to Thriving: One Reader's Story Dav Pilkey 6

Introduction: The Best Intervention Is a Good Book 9

About Our Book 11

About the Framework: Trust, Teach, Transform 13

What's Inside Each Chapter 14

What We Know About Reading 17

Part I Trust

Chapter 1 Table the Labels 31

Chapter 2 Cultivate Curiosity 71

Chapter 3 Ensure Access to and Choice of Books 87

Chapter 4 Pump Up the Reading Volume 121

Part II Teach

Chapter 5 Book-Match Relentlessly 143

Chapter 6 Teach Thinking-Intensive Reading 167

Part III Transform

Chapter 7 Assess Readers in the Round 207

Chapter 8 Advocate Tirelessly 231

Closing Thought 252

Practices and Lessons 253

Chapter 1

Practice: Embracing Mistakes Through Story 254

Practice: Textual Lineage 256

Practice: Areas of Specialty: AOS 258

Lesson: Read, Synthesize Important Information, and Jot Down Thinking 260

Chapter 2

Practice: Wonder Walls, Wonder Books, and Wonder Boxes 262

Practice: Close Viewing 264

Lesson: Keeping a Wonder Book 266

Chapter 3

Practice: Weeding Your Classroom Library 268

Practice: Book-Talking 270

Practice: Celebrating New Arrivals and Highlighting Hidden Gems 272

Lesson: Choosing a Just-Right Book 274

Chapter 4

Practice: Conferring for Engagement: Reader to Reader, Heart to Heart 276

Lesson: What Is the Reading Zone? 278

Chapter 5

Practice: Going the Extra Mile to Put the Right Book in a Striving Reader's Hands 280

Lesson: Making a Reading Plan 282

Chapter 6

Practice: Source Sets 284

Practice: Striving Readers and Fluency Development 286

Lesson: Monitoring Comprehension: Following the Inner Conversation 288

Lesson: Using Fix-Up Strategies 290

Lesson: Surfacing the Big Ideas 293

Additional Materials for Striving Readers

Practice: Shared Reading 296

Practice: Write to Read 298

Practice: Invested Reading 300

Practice: Rime Magic for Word Solving 302

Acknowledgments 306

References 308

Index 314

Editorial Reviews

"Some books inform; others inspire—a rare few do both. From Striving to Thriving is one of those rare books. With their clear voices, specific strategies, and you-can-do-this encouragement, Steph and Annie show us how to do more than help students become better readers; they show us how we can become better teachers."

- Kylene Beers, Past-president of National Council Teachers of English and co-author of Notice and Note and Disrupting Thinking

"There is a heap of sage advice in this engaging and practical book. Harvey and Ward really do show us how to “grow confident, capable readers” and in the process show us what that really means.  If we are to make schools work for all children, we are going to need just this sort of work."
- Peter Johnston, Professor Emeritus, University at Albany SUNY and author of Choice Words and Opening Minds

"This is a big, vivid, sparkling compendium of new thinking and engaging instructional moves.  You'll discover an asset orientation on every page of this book—Steph and Annie write about striving readers rather than struggling readers and this shift in our thinking about children opens vast opportunities for those learners. I am crazy about the "Three to Know" section of each chapter.  The authors introduce us to three researchers whose work forms the foundation for everything they recommend and in short order we learn new tactics for the classroom, and critically, why the practices have such merit. This is a delectable resource—I'll turn to it for years to come."

- Ellin Keene, Author of To Understand; coauthor of Comprehension Going Forward and Mosaic of Thought 

"Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward provide a skillful combination of practices and supports to nurture both joyful reading and expert instruction, not just in one classroom, but across an entire system of schools.  Chock-full of comprehensive research, From Striving to Thriving supports teachers who wish to create nuanced, child-centered formative assessments that inform their teaching. You’ll find inviting summaries of so many research studies that you could use this book to launch a year of inquiry.  For the sake of equity, for the joy of every reader you know, read this book. Read it again. Then pass it on."

- Penny Kittle, High school English teacher and author of Book Love and Write Beside Them

"Steph and Annie's book is a love letter to striving readers everywhere! They call on us to "table the labels" and show us how we can grow confident, capable, agentive readers who believe they are the kinds of kids who can figure things out. Engaging, thought- provoking, and practical, you'll return to From Striving to Thriving again and again for renewed energy, affirmation, and expert guidance when you need it most."

- Debbie Miller, 30-year teaching veteran, Denver Public Schools; author of Reading with Meaning and Teaching with Intention; co-author of No More Independent Reading without Support and Comprehension Going Forward

"Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward have written a book that will make a positive impact on readers for generations to come. They remind us of what is important for all readers and they give us words and tools to help us make this happen for every child. Striving readers can’t succeed without teachers who believe in them and who advocate for them every day. This book will give teachers what they need to be those advocates. This is one of the most important professional books I’ve read in a long time." 

- Franki Sibberson, National Council of Teachers of English 2017 Vice President, third grade teacher, coauthor of Beyond Leveled Books and Still Learning to Read

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