Our students learn their literature, history, math, science, or art via a firm foundation of strong reading skills. 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. Shanahan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chi­cago, and has led the US Government’s National Reading Panel.

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. TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ LIKE CHAMPIONSAWITH RIGOR, INDEPENDENCE, PRECISION, AND INSIGHT The world we are preparing our students to succeed in is one bound together by words and phrases. Grounded in advice from effective classrooms nationwide, enhanced with more than 40 video clips, Reading Reconsidered takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real-life educators and instructional champions.Our results – see below – found that 45% of 1,674 respondents had chosen some form of one-at-a-time reading. 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. This book takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real-life educators and instructional champions. For Shanahan, preferable alternatives include reading in pairs, where students alternate after each paragraph, choral reading, where students and teachers read the same section of the text simultaneously, and repeated reading, where students read the same passage multiple times. Shanahan’s point is that reading aloud is valuable insofar as it improves students’ reading fluency, which is strongly associated with comprehension (e.

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. In all cases, Shanahan argues that students read more and have greater opportunities to improve fluency, citing studies reviewed by the US National Reading Panel (NIHCD, 2000 Reading Reconsidered provides the framework necessary for teachers to ensure that students forge futures as lifelong readers. The latter is advocated in Doug Lemov’s popular ​ ‘ Teach Like aChampion’ series and, most recently, his book ​ ‘ Reading Reconsidered’. This concentrates so much outstanding material in the space of a book, plus an excellent DVD showing the approach in practice, that it should be read by every headteacher and English co-ordinator in the country and incorporated into training for new and practising teachers.The authors offer a fresh perspective on reading that is both intellectually stimulating and relentlessly practical. When we teach students to read with precision, rigor, and insight, we are truly handing over the key to the kingdom. Filled with practical tools and over 40 video clips from real classrooms, this book provides the framework we need to ensure our students forge futures as lifelong readers.