Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas

Completely revised and reorganised, this second edition of the best-selling guide by Carolyn Chapman and Rita S. King offers creative, substantive methods for increasing students’ content learning by helping them become better readers.

Featuring new strategies, current research, expanded coverage of key topics, plus new material on planning, and information about English language learners, this updated edition shows how to use differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, scaffolding, constructivism, and co-operative learning methods to support reading comprehension. With ideas for all subject areas, including in math, science, social studies, and other subject areas, the book helps teachers:

• Create the right environment for motivating readers
• Assess readers effectively
• Incorporate guided reading, shared reading, a four-block model, language experience, and read-alouds
• Teach vocabulary using methods such as visuals, context clues, and miscue analysis
• Improve comprehension before, during, and after reading

Brimming with samples, suggestions, and lists that facilitate quick implementation in the classroom, this second edition of Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas helps ensure that all students can experience improved learning and achievement!

Table of Contents

About the Authors

1. Introduction
• Infusing Reading in the Content Areas
• Sailing Into Differentiated Reading Instruction
• The Goals of This Book
• Effective Practices and Related Research
• Differentiation
• The Reading Journey
• Summary
2. Create a Climate to Motivate Readers
• Designing the Physical Environment
• The Affective Environment
• Motivation
• Attention, Challenge, Excitement, Humor
• Self-Efficacy
• Celebrate Reading Achievements
• Metacognition
• Flow
3. Knowing and Assessing the Reader
• Developmental Readiness for Reading
• Meet Your Reading Characters
• Non-Reading Nancy
• Word-Calling Wayne
• Insecure Inez
• Turned Off Tom
• Correcting Carl
• Read Aloud Renee
• Silent Reading Sam
• Comprehending Carlos
• Developing the Eager, Fluent Reader
• The Keys to Reading Success
• Assessing and Diagnosing the Reader
• Cloze Process
• Using Assessments Effectively
• Summary
4. Differentiated Models and Strategies of Reading
• Adjustable Assignment Model
• Curriculum Compacting Model
• Centers and Projects Model
• Project-Based Models
• Problem-Solving Model
• Independent Choice Reading Model
• Guided Reading Model
• Language Experience Model
• Shared Reading Model
• Read Aloud Model
• The Four Block Model
• From Models to Implementation
• Agenda/Menus
• Cubing
• Choice
• Summary
5. Vocabulary
• 25 Ways to Teach Vocabulary
• Vocabulary Visuals
• Cues to Context Clues
• Subject Terminology
• Overcoming Miscues
• Summary
6. The Art of Decoding
• Phonics Instruction
• The Phonics Dozen (The Fonix Duzen!)
• Words
• Structural Analysis
• Summary
7. Comprehension
• Barriers to Comprehension
• Levels of Comprehension
• Steps to Reading a Passage
• Before Reading: The Passage Preview
• During Reading: The Passage View
• Assessing Comprehension
• The Teacher's Role in Comprehension Instruction
• Summary
8. Planning
• Using Strategies Effectively
• Text Check
• Conclusion
• Differentiated Instruction Is Like a Sailboat Race

References

Index