Turner and Hicks offer practical tips by highlighting classroom practices that engage students in reading and thinking with both print and digital texts, thus encouraging reading instruction that reaches all students. As readers of all ages increasingly turn to the Internet and a variety of electronic devices for both informational and leisure reading, teachers need to reconsider not just who and what teens read but where and how they read as well. Having ready access to digital tools and texts doesn't mean that middle and high school students are automatically thoughtful, adept readers. So how can we help adolescents become critical readers in a digital age? Using NCTE's policy research brief Reading Instruction for All Students as both guide and sounding board, experienced teacher-researchers Kristen Hawley Turner and Troy Hicks took their questions about adolescent reading practices to a dozen middle and high school classrooms. In this book, they report on their interviews and survey data from visits with hundreds of teens, which led to the development of their model of Connected Reading: "Digital tools, used mindfully, enable connections. Digital reading is connected reading." They argue that we must teach adolescents how to read digital texts effectively, not simply expect that teens can read them because they know how to use digital tools. Turner and Hicks offer practical tips by highlighting classroom practices that engage students in reading and thinking with both print and digital texts, thus encouraging reading instruction that reaches all students.

After retiring from a lifetime of teaching literature, Patricia Meyer Spacks embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood favorites, fiction first encountered in young adulthood and never before revisited, books frequently reread, canonical works of literature she was supposed to have liked but didn’t, guilty pleasures (books she oughtn’t to have liked but did), and stories reread for fun vs. those read for the classroom. On Rereading records the sometimes surprising, always fascinating, results of her personal experiment. Spacks addresses a number of intriguing questions raised by the purposeful act of rereading: Why do we reread novels when, in many instances, we can remember the plot? Why, for example, do some lovers of Jane Austen’s fiction reread her novels every year (or oftener)? Why do young children love to hear the same story read aloud every night at bedtime? And why, as adults, do we return to childhood favorites such as The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland, and the Harry Potter novels? What pleasures does rereading bring? What psychological needs does it answer? What guilt does it induce when life is short and there are so many other things to do (and so many other books to read)? Rereading, Spacks discovers, helps us to make sense of ourselves. It brings us sharply in contact with how we, like the books we reread, have both changed and remained the same.

Reconnecting Reading and Writing explores the ways in which reading can and should have a strong role in the teaching of writing in college. Reconnecting Reading and Writing draws on broad perspectives from history and international work to show how and why reading should be reunited with writing in college and high school classrooms. It presents an overview of relevant research on reading and how it can best be used to support and enhance writing instruction.

"This is History Book. It explored the grand scheme of world history as a product of real-life human beings pursuing their individual and collective interests. It also offered a global perspective on the past by focusing on both the distinctive characteristics ofindividual societies and the connections that have linked the fortunes of diff erent societies. It has combined a clear chronological framework with the twin themes of traditions and encounters, which help to make the unwieldy story of world history both more manageable and more engaging. From the beginning, Traditions & Encounters off ered an inclusive vision of the global past-one that is meaningful and appropriate for the interdependent world of contemporary times"--

Dive into the use of close reading in classroom instruction with this practical, standards-based resource. Featuring easy-to-use lessons that focus on informational/explanatory text samples, argumentative text samples, or narrative text samples, each lesson is tailored toward specific grade spans and includes step-by-step instructions on how to work with and improve students' close reading skills. By implementing the techniques and strategies outlined in this book, students will become more prepared for college and career readiness, become strong global thinkers, and will be able to be meet the standards and expectations of 21st century learners.

The Guided Reading: Connect resource book for third and fourth grades features 36 readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. Filled with photos and maps, this nonfiction resource features informational text about money, recycling, and more. Guided Reading: Connect provides you with a comprehensive reading program. Perfect for differentiated reading, each teacher resource book includes: -discussion guides -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -leveled readers with intriguing topics -graphic organizers and an observation sheet Separated into three readability levels, informational readers capture students’ attention with graphic charts,detailed maps, and more. Students are encouraged to apply reading strategies to the text and complete writing prompts to prove comprehension. Available for grades 1–6, the 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series improves reading organization with an all-in-one set. These 80-page reading resource books feature three reproducible pages, six discussion guides, and 36 readers. Each grade span includes four books, focusing on the following comprehension strategies: -Question -Infer -Connect -Summarize The Lexile (R) leveled readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as photographs, charts, maps, and callout boxes to keep students engaged.

Guided Reading: Connect for fifth and sixth grades includes 36 Lexile (R) leveled readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. This reading comprehension resource features charts and photos, and each reader features topics such as spiders, world deserts, and more. Create a comprehensive reading program with Ready to Go Guided Reading: Connect. This differentiated reading resource book offers informational text for students at various reading levels and includes: -leveled readers with intriguing topics -discussion guides -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated by below-, on-, and above-level comprehension skills and feature callout boxes to direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts. Each nonfiction text addresses fascinating topics and includes a writing prompt so students can show what they know. The 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for grades 1–6 helps you with guided reading organization. These 80-page reading resource books feature six discussion guides and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes four books, focusing on the following comprehension strategies: -Infer -Summarize -Connect -Question These reading comprehension resource books contain callout boxes, nonfiction texts, photographs, charts, and maps.

A perfect addition to your language arts lesson plan, Guided Reading: Connect for first and second grades includes six sets of readers, two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The bold images and maps appeal to students as they learn about nocturnal animals, inventors, and more. Ready to Go Guided Reading: Connect offers the essentials for an effective reading program for first and second grades. This reading comprehension book includes: -discussion guides -leveled readers that cover high-interest topics -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated into three readability levels and designed to keep students’ attention. Callout boxes direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt. 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading resource book series for grades 1–6 includes everything you need for your guided reading group. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. The series features four books for each grade span to focus on the following comprehension strategies: -Infer -Connect -Question -Summarize The readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as callout boxes, photographs, charts, and maps.

A trusted practitioner guide and course text, this book provides a complete introduction to the multiple roles of the reading specialist in grades PreK-12. Rita M. Bean offers evidence-based best practices for working with struggling readers; supporting teachers through professional development and coaching; planning curricula; assessing at the individual, classroom, and school levels; and building strong school, family, and community partnerships. User-friendly features include helpful classroom vignettes, questions for discussion and reflection, follow-up activities, and ideas for instructors and workshop leaders. Reproducible forms and worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition New overarching framework that connects literacy leadership more directly to classroom instruction and assessment. Links to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and new standards-based examples are included throughout. Expanded coverage of literacy coaching, middle and high school grades, and response to intervention. Chapters now begin with key questions and include annotated resources for further reading.