Teaching Struggling Readers

Introduction
Richard L. Allington

Section I: Rethinking Literacy Interventions

Diverse Learners and the Tyranny of Time: Don't Fix Blame; Fix the Leaky Roof
Edward J. Kameenui

A Case Study of Middle School Reading Disability
Darrell Morris, Criss Ervin, Kim Conrad

Early Literacy: What Does “Developmentally Appropriate” Mean?
Anne McGill-Franzen

Preventing Reading Failure: A Review of Five Effective Programs
John J. Pikulski

Teachers as Evaluation Experts
Peter Johnston

Section II: Organizing Instruction to Meet Diverse Student Needs

Anecdotal Records: A Powerful Tool for Ongoing Literacy Assessment
Lynn K. Rhodes, Sally Nathenson-Mejia

No More “Rocks”: Grouping to Give Students Control of Their Learning
Beth Berghoff, Kathryn Egawa

Using Whole Language With Students Who Have Language and Learning Disabilities
Carol Zucker

Classroom Organization for Instruction in Content Areas
Laura S. Pardo, Taffy E. Raphael

The Reading Specialist as Collaborative Consultant
Elizabeth L. Jaeger

Coordinating a Literacy Support Program With Classroom Instruction
Margaret Ann Richek, Linda Conviser Glick

Section III: Fostering Motivation and Ownership in Reluctant Readers

Creating Classroom Cultures That Foster Reading Motivation
Linda B. Gambrell

A Matter of Interest: Literature That Hooks Reluctant Readers and Keeps Them Reading
Jo Worthy

“I'm Really Worried About Joseph”: Reducing the Risks of Literacy Learning
JoBeth Allen, Barbara Michalove, Betty Shockley, Marsha West

Language, Literature, and At-Risk Children
Nancy L. Roser, James V. Hoffman, Cynthia Farest

Section IV: Fostering Reading for Meaning

Model Mental Processes Helps Poor Readers Become Strategic Readers
Gerald G. Duffy, Laura R. Roehler, Beth Ann Herrmann

Two Approaches for Helping Poor Readers Become More Strategic
Beth Ann Herrmann

Interactive Storybook Reading for At-Risk Learners
Janell P. Klesius, Priscilla L. Griffith

Using Think Alouds to Enhance Children's Comprehension Monitoring Abilities
James F. Baumann, Leah A. Jones, Nancy Seifert-Kessell

Activating Background Knowledge: Strategies for Beginning and Poor Readers
Janet C. Richards, Joan P. Gipe

Introducing Response Logs to Poor Readers
Pat Sudduth

Section V: Improving Accuracy and Fluency

Saying the “P” Word: Nine Guidelines for Exemplary Phonics Instruction
Steven A. Stahl

Read-Aloud Books for Developing Phonemic Awareness: An Annotated Bibliography
Hallie Kay Yopp

Making Words: Enhancing the Invented Spelling-Decoding Connection
Patricia M. Cunningham, James W. Cunningham

Procedures for Word Learning: Making Discoveries About Words
Irene W. Gaskins, Linnea C. Ehri, Cheryl A. Cress, Colleen O'Hara, Katharine Donnelly

Fluency for Everyone: Incorporating Fluency Instruction in the Classroom
Timothy V. Rasinski

Section VI: Improving Family and Community Collaboration

Early Literacy at Home: Children's Experiences and Parents' Perspectives
Jamie L. Metsala

Connecting School and Home Literacy Experiences Through Cross-Age Reading
Barbara J. Fox, Maripat Wright

A Community Volunteer Tutorial That Works
Marcia A. Invernizzi, Connie Juel, Catherine A. Rosemary

Reading Together: A Community-Supported Parent Tutoring Program
Susan B. Neuman

Training Parents as Reading Facilitators
Ruth Hayden

Home Writing Activities: The Writing Briefcase and the Traveling Suitcase
Kimberly Miller-Rodriguez

Subject Index