The Complete Guide to Tutoring Struggling Readers-Mapping Interventions to Purpose and CCSS

by Peter J. Fisher, Ann Bates, Debra J. Gurvitz

Overview

This authoritative, easy-to-use guide will help educators plan and implement intervention lessons for struggling readers that align with the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. All three authors run successful summer reading programs and supervise tutors who are becoming reading specialists. In this comprehensive resource, they offer hands-on guidance for designing interventions across grades K–8, provide sample tutoring plans and lessons, and describe procedures for teaching print skills, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and study skills. Including many user-friendly features, this book will help both new and experienced reading specialists ramp up instruction to assist all students in meeting the new standards.

Book Features:

• A powerful set of field-tested tutoring activities for use with individual students and small groups.
• Student Profiles that include a matrix that matches interventions to CCSS.
• Adaptable examples of how particular methods have been used with students of varying ability and needs.
• Discussion Questions and Things to Think About at the end of each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807754948
Publisher:	Teachers College Press
Publication date:	01/03/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter J. Fisher is a professor of education at National College of Education of National Louis University (NLU). Ann Bates is a literacy educator who has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and assistant professor of reading and language at NLU. Debra J. Gurvitz directs the NLU Chicago campus off-site summer reading improvement program.

Table of Contents

Foreword Darrell Morris

Foreword Darrell Morris ix

Preface xi

1 The Nature of Tutoring 1

The Nature and Nurture of Motivation 2

The Tutor as Reflective Teacher 9

Principles of Tutoring 10

2 The Intervention Lesson and Diagnostic Teaching 12

Components of an Intervention Lesson 12

The Early Intervention Lesson, Grades K-l: Susan 15

Intervention Lesson, Grades 2-5: Paul 20

Intervention Lessons, Middle School 25

Diagnostic Teaching 26

Final Remarks 36

3 Print Skills and the Development of Word Knowledge 37

The Development of Print Skills 40

Methods for Teaching Words 50

Sample Lesson Plans for Zoe 61

Instructional Practices to Avoid 63

Final Remarks 64

4 Contextual Reading and Fluency 66

The Beginning Reader 66

Selecting Materials for Early Readers 74

Beyond the Beginning Reader: Developing Fluent Reading 78

Sample Lesson Plans for Jonathan 86

Final Remarks 88

5 Vocabulary Development: Knowledge of Word Meanings 90

Learning Word Relationships 92

Understanding Nuances 97

Determining Meaning 100

Developing Word Consciousness 105

Sample Lesson Plans for Serge 105

6 Oral Language and Literacy 109

The Importance of Oral Language 112

Strategies for Language and Learning 114

Sample Lesson Plans for Alicia 124

7 Comprehension of Text 130

The Role of Purpose in Reading 131

Strategies to Develop Comprehension 135

Strategies to Monitor Comprehension 150

Analysis of Multiple Texts: Using an l-Chart 152

New Literacies 154

Sample Lesson Plans for Lisa 155

8 Writing and Reading Connections 159

The Craft of Writing 163

Reading-Writing Relationships 169

Writing to Learn 172

Sample Lesson Plans for Marcus 174

Conclusion 179

Children's Literature Cited 181

Further Resources 183

References 187

Index 193

About the Authors 201

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Does a masterful job of guiding teachers in developing reading interventions that are authentic, engaging, and aligned to current standards as well as the instructional needs of students.”
—Timothy Rasinski, Kent State University

“This book is the outgrowth of years of developing and fine-tuning tutoring models that have helped thousands of students become capable and engaged readers.”
—Camille Blachowicz, National Louis University