When Kids Can't Read-What Teachers Can Do : A Guide for Teachers 6-12

A Defining Moment 1(7) Creating Independent Readers 8(15) Assessing Dependent Readers' Needs 23(17) Explicit Instruction in Comprehension 40(21) Learning to Make an Inference 61(12) Frontloading Meaning: Pre-Reading Strategies 73(29) Constructing Meaning: During-Reading Strategies 102(36) Extending Meaning: After-Reading Strategies 138(38) Vocabulary: Figuring Out What Words Mean 176(28) Fluency and Automaticity 204(16) Word Recognition: What's After ``Sound It Out''? 220(25) Spelling: From Words Lists to How Words Work 245(13) Creating the Confidence to Respond 258(23) Finding the Right Book 281(19) A Final Letter to George 300(69) Appendices A Coding of Kate's First Time Teaching ``Eleven'' 305(2) B Transcript of Kate's Think-Aloud for ``Eleven'' 307(2) C Bookmark Templates 309(6) D Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes 315(3) E More Roots 318(5) F Templates 323(4) G Fry and Dolch Word Lists 327(8) H Common Phonics Generalizations 335(4) I 175 Most Common Syllables in the 5,000 Most Frequent English Words 339(1) J Interesting Sorts 340(3) K Easily Confused Words 343(3) L Common Spelling Rules 346(4) M Booklists 350(17) N Poem for Tea Party 367(2) References 369(10) Acknowledgments 379(4) Index 383