When Kids Can't Read—What Teachers Can Do
A Guide for Teachers 6-12
Kylene Beers, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University
ISBN 978-0-86709-519-7 / 0-86709-519-9 / 2002 / 400pp / Paperback
Imprint: Heinemann
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Grade Level: 6-12
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Contents:
1. A Defining Moment
2. Creating Independent Readers
3. Assessing Dependent Readers' Needs
4. Explicit Instruction in Comprehension
5. Helping Students Make Inferences
6. Frontloading Meaning: Pre-reading Activities
7. Constructing Meaning: During-Reading Activities
8. Extending Meaning: After-Reading Activities
9. Vocabulary
10. Fluency and Automaticity
11. Word Recognition
12. Spelling
13. Creating the Confidence to Respond
14. Finding the Right Book
15. A Final Letter to George
Appendixes
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Institutes
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If I had to recommend just one book to middle and secondary teachers working to support struggling readers, this would have to be the book. When Kids Can’t Read, What Teachers Can Do is a comprehensive handbook filled with practical strategies that teachers of all subjects...”





