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By Richard D. Robinson, Michael C. McKenna, Kristin Conradi

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Word Recognition History of Phonics Instruction Barbara J. Walker Chapter 2 Fluency What Is Fluent Reading and Why Is It Important? Melanie R. Kuhn Teaching Reading Fluency to Struggling Readers: Method, Materials, and Evidence Tim Rasinski, Susan Homan, and Marie Biggs One-Minute Fluency Measures Theresa A. Deeney Chapter 3 Comprehension Reading through a Disciplinary Lens Connie Juel, Heather Hebard, Julie Park Haubner, and Meredith Moran Reading Comprehension Instruction: Focus on Content or Strategies? Margaret G. McKeown, Isabel L. Beck, and Ronette G. K. Blake Increasing Opportunities to Acquire Knowledge through Reading Gina N. Cervitti, Carolyn A. Jaynes, and Elfrieda H. Hiebert Chapter 4 Vocabulary Vocabulary Development during Read-alouds: Primary practices Karen J. Kindle The Vocabulary-rich Classroom Holly B. Lane and Stephanie Arriaza Allen Closing the Vocabulary Gap Jane L. David Chapter 5 English Learners Improving Achievement for English Learners: Conclusions from Recent Reviews and Emerging Research Claude Goldenberg Supporting Content Learning for English Learners Eurydice B. Bauer, Patrick C. Manyak, Crystal Cook Chapter 6 Literacy Coaching What Matters for Elementary Literacy Coaching? Guiding Principles of Instructional Improvement and Students Achievement Susan L'Allier, Laurie Elish-Piper, and Rita M. Bean Models of Coaching Michael C. McKenna and Sharon Walpole Chapter 7 Adolescent Literacy The Adolescent in Adolescent Literacy Thomas W. Bean and Helen Harper The Literacy Needs of Adolescents in Their Own Words Sharon M. Pitcher, Gilda Martinez, Elizabeth A. Dicembre, Darleen Fewster, and Montana K. McCormick Chapter 8 Technology 21st-Century Literacies: A Policy Research Brief National Council of Teachers of English Rethinking Online Reading Assessment Julie Coiro Chapter 9 Writing What Is Happening in the Teaching of Writing? Arthur N. Applebee and Judith A. Langer Issues and Trends in Writing Michael T. Moore Chapter 10 Response to Intervention Response to Intervention (RTI): What Every Reading Teacher Should Know Eric E. M. Mesmer & Heidi Ann Mesmer Rethinking Response to Intervention at Middle and High School Lynn S. Fuchs, Donald Fuchs, and Donald L. Compton

About the Author

Richard D. Robinson is Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the author of 10 books and numerous articles on many areas of literacy development. His national prominence in the field of literacy has been acknowledged through many awards, such as the William H. Byler Distinguished Professor Award. Michael C. McKenna is Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Reading at the University of Virginia. He has authored, coauthored, or edited 21 books and more than 100 articles, chapters, and technical reports on a range of literacy topics. Kristin Conradi is a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia. She has taught literacy in kindergarten, second, and fourth grades in high-poverty, inner city schools, and she has worked as a reading specialist in grades K-3. She has served as a clinician in the McGuffey Reading Clinic, where she has worked extensively with young children who suffer from severe reading problems.

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