10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students With Reading Difficulties: A Brain-Friendly Approach / Edition 1

10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students With Reading Difficulties: A Brain-Friendly Approach / Edition 1

by Andrew P. Johnson
ISBN-10:
1483373770
ISBN-13:
9781483373775
Pub. Date:
11/11/2015
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
1483373770
ISBN-13:
9781483373775
Pub. Date:
11/11/2015
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students With Reading Difficulties: A Brain-Friendly Approach / Edition 1

10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students With Reading Difficulties: A Brain-Friendly Approach / Edition 1

by Andrew P. Johnson
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Overview

Brain-friendly strategies to help all students become lifelong readers

This book is the definitive resource on how the brain creates meaning from print. Drawing from five key areas of neurocognitive research, Andrew Johnson provides a ten-point teaching strategy that encompasses vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, writing and more. A key resource for creating intervention plans for struggling readers, features include:


• Information on the importance of emotions in the process of overcoming reading struggles
• Strategies to promote voluntary reading, even for the most reluctant students
• Useful resources such as graphic organizers, additional reading and writing activities, and QR codes that link to videos



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781483373775
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 11/11/2015
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 794,824
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Andy Johnson was a 1976 graduate of Grantsburg High School in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin, River Falls where he graduated with a B.S. degree in Music and Speech-Communication. After earning elementary teaching licensure, he taught 2nd grade in River Falls, Wisconsin from 1983-1986. He went on to teach in elementary schools in the Twin Cities area and also spent three years working in the Grantsburg School District as A 5th grade teacher and the Gifted Education Coordinator.

He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Literacy Education in 1997. He is currently working at Minnesota State University, Mankato as a professor of literacy in the Department of Special Education where he specializes in literacy instruction for students with reading difficulties. He is the author of 10 books and numerous academic articles related to literacy, learning, teacher development, and the human condition.

He lives in North Mankato with his wife, Dr. Nancy Fitzsimons and his dogs Mickey and Emmet.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Context
Code First or Meaning First
Tools in Your Teaching Toolbox
Audience
Section I. Understanding the Reading Process
Chapter 1. Creating Meaning With Print: The Neurocognitive Model
Understanding Reading
Reading: A Neurological Perspective
The Neurocognitive Process
Last Word
Chapter 2. Eye Movement and Neural Pathways
Eye Movement During Reading
Understanding Our Learning Organ
Last Word
Chapter 3. Understanding Reading From a Cognitive Perspective
The Difference Between Brain and Mind
The Information Processing Model
The Two-Way Flow of Information
Last Word
Section II. Diagnosing Reading Problems, Documenting Progress, and Planning Instruction
Chapter 4. Diagnosis and Documentation
Diagnosing the Problem
Graded Word Lists
Graded Reading Passages
Assessing Comprehension
Putting It Together
Last Word
Chapter 5. Reading Lessons
SRE Lesson
Guided Reading Lesson
Shared Reading Lesson
Last Word
Section III. 10 Instructional Elements
Chapter 6. 10 Elements of Reading Instruction
No Magical Programs
Comprehensive Reading Instruction
Teaching Reading With the Brain in Mind
Last Word
Chapter 7. Emergent Literacy: Concepts of Print and Phonemic Awareness
Approaches to Early Literacy Instruction
Creating the Conditions for Early Literacy Learning
Concepts of Print
Phonemic-Phonics Hybrid Activities
Last Word
Chapter 8. Emotions and Motivation
Emotions
The Value-Expectancy Theory of Motivation
Some Basic Strategies
Last Word
Chapter 9. Literature and Instructional Approaches
Strategies for Promoting Voluntary Reading
Instructional Approaches
Last Word
Chapter 10. Phonics
Fawnix
14 Strategies
Last Word
Appendix: Phonics Checklist
Chapter 11. Strategies for Developing Word Identification Skills
Terms and Concepts Related to Word Identification
Context Clues: The Semantic Cueing System
Word Order and Grammar: The Syntactic-Cueing System
Word Parts
Morphemic Analysis
Sight Words
Last Word
Chapter 12. Fluency
Reading Fluency
Neural Pathways and Networks
Strategies for Enhancing Reading Fluency
Avoid Round-Robin Reading
Last Word
Chapter 13. Comprehension of Narrative Text
Comprehension Basics
Teaching Tips
Activities Organized by Cognitive Process
Last Word
Chapter 14. Comprehension of Expository Text
Expository Text
Teacher Pre-Reading Strategies
Study-Skill Strategies
Pedagogical Strategies to Develop Cognitive Processes Related to Comprehension
Last Word
Chapter 15. Vocabulary
Attending to Vocabulary
General Principles for Developing Students’ Vocabulary
Strategies for Developing Students’ Vocabulary
Visual Displays and Graphic Organizers
Last Word About Words
Chapter 16. Writing
The Why and How of Writing
Specific Strategies
Last Word
Epilogue
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