Table of Contents
Foreword by Dave Levin ix
Preface: Getting the Most out of This Book xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
About the Author xxiii
Introduction: What Is Reading Without Limits? 1
PART 1 LAUNCHING LIFELONG READERS
1 Finding Students' Reading Levels 25
PART 2 STEPS TO CREATING LIFELONG READERS
2 Teaching Students to Understand What They Read 49
3 Choice Reading to Encourage a Ton of Reading 79
4 Shared Reading to Teach, Reinforce, and Challenge 116
5 Guided Reading to Move Students Along Their Continuum 145
PART 3 PUTTING THE POWER OF CHOICE, SHARED, AND GUIDED READING TO WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM OR SCHOOL
6 Make It Visible 171
7 Muscle Memory Routines 185
8 What to Do When Choice, Shared, or Guided Reading Isn't Working 209
PART 4 STEPS TO ENHANCE LIFELONG READERS
9 Reading Conferences, Our Aha Moments 225
10 Teaching Vocabulary 248
11 Class Discussion 270
12 Standardized Tests 289
13 Testing 1, 2, 3 . . . Testing 306
PART 5 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
14 Planning a Lesson 329
15 Building the Reading Without Limits Program 344
Appendix A List of Children's and Young Adult Texts Referenced and Recommended 357
References 362
Notes 370
Index 380