Best Practices for Teaching Reading

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Contributors
Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
1. Reading From the First Day of School - Sharon S. Lancaster, Kentucky
2. Ten Steps to Great Readers - Susan Carter, Missouri
3. All for the Love of Reading: A Book Is a Gift - Pamela Jo Roller, Indiana
4. Establishing a Summer Reading Program - Michele Rzewski Copeland, Virginia
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
5. Teaching Reading Strategies Through the Analysis of Visual Art - Susanne Burkhardt, Kentucky
6. Using Word Work to Improve Decoding - Jennifer Ruth, Texas
7. Reading Aloud: Comprehending, Not Word Calling - Jenna Hallman, South Carolina
8. Comprehension: Making Connections to Text - Linda Hennen, West Virginia
Section C. Reading Literature Across the Curriculum
9. Incorporating Drama and Writing: Performing a Mystery Play - Summer Williams, Alabama
10. Social Studies: Reading About Life in the 1800s - Donna Bradley, Alabama
11. Social Studies: Reading the Vietnam Memorial Wall - Donna Bradley, Alabama
12. To Read or Not to Read: Shakespeare With Fourth Graders - Jacquylynn Brickman, Minnesota
13. Reaching Fifth Graders With Novel Study - Diane Woodford, Nebraska
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
14. Reading Kinesthetically - Sharon Lancaster, Kentucky
15. Reading and Writing: A Reciprocal Process - Jessica Heidelberg, Indiana
16. Reading Beyond the Lines: Students With Autistic Disorders - Amy Edinger, New Jersey
17. Encouraging Biliteracy - Caridad Alonso, Delaware
Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
18. Reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading - Karen Morgan Delbridge, PhD, Wyoming
19. I Hate Reading! - Maria I. Davis, Ohio
20. The "I Hate Reading" Club - Jill Saceman Ryerson
21. You Simply Need to Love It! - Heather-Lee M. Baron, Pennsylvania
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
22. Digging Deeper for Comprehension - Jessica Galla, Rhode Island
23. Using Wonder Journals to Teach Research Reading and Writing Skills - Jill Dougherty, Pennsylvania
24. Make It Your Own! A Vocabulary Activity - Heather-Lee M. Baron, Pennsylvania
Section C. Reading Across the Curriculum
25. Teaching Reading in the Math Classroom - Greg Anderson, Colorado
26. Reading the Language of Mathematics - Anita Dobbs, Alabama
27. "Who in the World Are You?" An Interdisciplinary Project - Janet K. Vaine, Florida
28. Using Self-Publishing as a Gateway for Critical Reading - Stuart Albright, North Carolina
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
29. Score a BINGO in Reading - Mikki Nuckols, Idaho
30. Short-Cycle Assessment in a Reading Workshop: A Collaboration Between Teacher and Student - Darrell Yater, Ohio
Index