Reading Reconsidered: A Practical Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction

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In Reading Reconsidered, Doug Lemov, author of the groundbreaking Teach Like a Champion, and his coauthors, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway, reveal the most productive ideas gleaned from the most effective teachers of reading. The authors also focus on the "fundamentals" of reading instruction--techniques and subject specific tools that reconsider approaches to such essential topics as vocabulary, interactive reading, and student autonomy. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The authors address the anxiety-inducing world of Common Core State Standards, distilling from those standards four key ideas that help hone teaching practices both generally and in preparation for assessments. The latter is advocated in Doug Lemov’s popular ​ ‘ Teach Like aChampion’ series and, most recently, his book ​ ‘ Reading Reconsidered’.

This does not mean that every book needs to be selected using a ‘maximum value for learning’ calculation. This book takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real-life educators and instructional champions. Filled with practical tools, including:A A 44 video clips of exemplar teachers demonstrating the techniques and principles in their classrooms Recommended book lists Downloadable tips and templates on key topics like reading nonfiction, vocabulary instruction, and literary terms and definitions. Grounded in advice from effective classrooms nationwide, enhanced withA more thanA 40A video clips,A Reading Reconsidered takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real-life educators and instructional champions.It is deliberately designed to enable the teacher to adjust difficulty and reading duration, which may be aweakness of ​ ‘popcorn reading’, which lets students select who will read next.

Having completed the reading spine, it was clear and obvious that, although covering the five plagues is a worthwhile target, there are so many other children’s books which are wonderful to study at a primary level, and so I have also included a quick reference guide to Pie Corbett’s free Scholastic reading spine and a range of other ‘go-to’ resources to help you when selecting the right books for your school. When we teach students to read with precision, rigor, and insight, we are truly handing over the key to the kingdom. Shanahan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chi­cago, and has led the US Government’s National Reading Panel. While the differences between these variations of one-at-a-time reading should be acknowledged, they all have an underlying turn-by-turn nature. For him, the problem with all forms of one-at-a-time reading is not predictability or pace, but intensity.

Reading Reconsidered provides the framework necessary for teachers to ensure that students forge futures as lifelong readers. It’s hard to think of amore relevant question to primary and secondary teachers than how they should read with their class, so although the debate isn’t new, it’s worth recapping and exploring which aspects remain unanswered. It also ensures schools do not repeat books, books are at an appropriate level and there is a justified theme running through your school’s book choices. Shanahan’s point is that reading aloud is valuable insofar as it improves students’ reading fluency, which is strongly associated with comprehension (e. Reading Reconsidered provokes us into thinking in new ways about that most foundational of academic skills: making sense of the written word.