From fluency to comprehension : powerful instruction through authentic reading / / edited by Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak ; series editors' note by Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Rasinski, Timothy V.; Padak, Nancy.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Teaching practices that work
• Physical Description: xiii, 226 p. :; ill.

"Subject Areas/Keywords: assessments, assisted reading, authentic reading, content learning, fluency, instruction, lessons, literacy, modeling, phrasing, reading comprehension, reading methods, scripts, skills, strategies, struggling readers, teaching, texts DESCRIPTION Helping teachers move beyond fluency as measured by speed alone, this book focuses on building the skills that students need to read accurately, meaningfully, and expressively--the essential components of reading comprehension. Each concise chapter presents a tried-and-true instructional or assessment strategy and shows how K-12 teachers can apply it in their own classrooms, using a wide variety of engaging texts. Special features include classroom examples, "Your Turn" activities, and 23 reproducible forms, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Modeling fluency for students -- pt. 2. Assisted reading strategies -- pt. 3. Phrasing strategies -- pt. 4. Deep and wide reading practice -- pt. 5. Integrated fluency models for beginning and struggling students -- pt. 6. Other fluency issues.