"I Hate Reading": Overcoming Shame in the Reading Classroom

by Justin M. Stygles

"I Hate Reading": Overcoming Shame in the Reading Classroom

by Justin M. Stygles

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Overview

It can take a lifetime to eradicate a reader’s shame—or it can take one great teacher

Shame-bound readers want someone to notice them. It’s true. But then what does a teacher do to help students? Justin Stygles found fresh answers in Gershen Kaufman’s seminal research on shame and applied it to his teaching. The results proved to him—and now us—that taking deliberate actions to is crucial. At heart, it’s about mentoring these fragile readers. Yet the beautiful surprise in store? A few shifts in classroom practices changed everything for every reader. Learn to:


• Spot all the distress signals, including withdrawal, perfectionism, sweetness
• Help students see that they are not permanently locked out of a reading life
• Use assessment instruments to note and celebrate incremental change
• Plan mini-units that develop skills in concert with engagement
• Design small group experiences that are free of levels and other shame-inducing labels


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781071844823
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 11/01/2022
Series: Corwin Literacy
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 403,188
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Justin Stygles has served readers as an intermediate and middle grades teacher for nineteen years. For many years he taught grades 4-6 in rural and coastal Maine schools. His other experiences include working in summer literacy programs in rural, suburban, and private schools. He currently teaches fourth grade in Portland, Maine. Justin is from a military background and graduated with an associate degree in harness racing before becoming an educator. He’s served on committees with the International Literacy Association and National Council of Teachers of English. Previous publications include articles Literacy Today, Voices from the Middle, and Hoof Beats. I Hate Reading is his first professional book.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Disrupting Pedagogy: Prioritizing Students in the Shadows of Shame
Chapter 2: Mentoring Readers: Why You Matter Most of All
Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Reader: Identity, Experience, and Mirrors
Chapter 4: Reading for Themselves: Helping Students Claim their Reading Independence
Chapter 5: Pathways Toward Comprehension: Using Reader Perceptions Strategically
Chapter 6: Rethinking Intervention: When It’s Time to Go “Eye to Eye, Knee to Knee”
Chapter 7: Finding the Reader Through Writing About Reading
Afterword
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