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Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers
Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement



April 2004 | 224 pages | Corwin

"The strengths of this book are many. It translates theory into practice, showing how a solid theory can inform one's teaching."
Stevi Quate, Co-director of the Secondary Literacy Network
University of Colorado at Denver

"Very comprehensive! It contains everything a teacher needs to guide students in comprehension."
Aileen Carew, Marin Reading Council President & Reading Specialist
Bel Aire School, Tiburon, CA

When students learn to read strategically, they read to learn!

How do some students extract complex information from advanced reading materials while others struggle to find the meaning of even simple passages? What characteristics do strategic readers exhibit that others don't possess? Unlocking the cognitive strategies of exceptional readers means finding ways to teach every student to read strategically, and help them be successfull in the classroom and beyond. This essential reading instruction teaching tool offers hard evidence to show how effective readers use specific strategies to extract and comprehend information.

Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers melds scientific research with hands-on experience to offer a comprehensive look at reading instruction. Instructors will discover that they can use the seven strategies no matter what their teaching style, and students will discover how to read to learn. McEwan has developed easily reproducible tools geared toward helping teachers get the most out of their readers:

  • Teacher Think-Alouds to facilitate modeling the seven strategies for your students
  • Templates to speed planning time
  • Activities to encourage use of the seven strategies
  • Forms, posters, props, and prompts to assist both students and teachers

While theories come and go, research has shown that using these seven strategies will prove successful in the classroom-and beyond.


 
Preface
 
About the Author
The Goals of the Book

 
Special Features of the Book

 
Who the Book is for

 
Overview of the Contents

 
Acknowledgments

 
 
1. The Power of Strategic Reading Instruction
What is Strategic Reading?

 
What is Strategic Reading Instruction (SRI)

 
What are the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers?

 
What are the Prerequisites for Strategic Reading Instruction?

 
When is a Strategy not a Strategy?

 
What's Ahead?

 
 
2. Becoming a Strategic Teacher
What Does a Strategic Teacher Look Like?

 
The Teaching Moves of a Strategic Teacher

 
The Challenges of Strategic Reading Instruction

 
The Benefits of SRI

 
What's Ahead?

 
 
3. Understanding the Seven Strategies
Cognitive Strategy #1: Activating

 
Cognitive Strategy #2: Inferring

 
Cognitive Strategy #3: Monitoring-Clarifying

 
Cognitive Strategy #4: Questioning

 
Cognitive Strategy #5: Searching-Selecting

 
Cognitive Strategy #6: Summarizing

 
Cognitive Strategy #7: Visualizing-Organizing

 
What's Ahead?

 
 
4. Instructional Activities to Engage Your Students
Turn on Your CPU (Central Processing Unit): Grades 1-8

 
Turn on Your Math CPU (Central Processing Unit): Grades 4-8

 
Add it up: Grades 3-8

 
A Dozen Ways to Infer: Grades 3-8

 
A Dozen Ways to Say Infer: Grades 4-8

 
Fix-up Your Mix-ups: Grades 1-8

 
Do You Have Any Questions? Grades 4-8

 
The Prospector: Grades 4-8

 
The Summarizers Five C's: Grades 3-8

 
Visualize a Video: Grades K-2

 
It Pays to Increase Your Word Power: Grades 2-8

 
Organize it: Grades 3-8

 
What's Ahead?

 
 
5. Organizing for Strategic Reading Instruction (SRI) in Your Classroom
When Should Strategy Instruction Begin?

 
How Should I Introduce SRI to My Students?

 
Do I Have to Think Aloud?

 
How Should SRI Be Paced and Sequenced?

 
What if an Instructional Activity Doesn't Work?

 
How Will I Know if My Students are Using the Strategies?

 
Where Will I Find Time for SRI?

 
How Can I Juggle It All?

 
What Does a Lesson Look Like?

 
What's Ahead?

 
 
6. Implementing Schoolwide Strategic Reading Instruction
SRI Requires a Pervasive and Persuasive Reading Culture

 
SRI Requires Balanced Instruction

 
SRI Requires a Research-based Curriculum

 
Is Your School or District Ready for SRI?

 
Conclusion

 
 
References
 
Index

"The strengths of this book are many. It translates theory into practice, showing how a solid theory can inform one's teaching."

Stevi Quate, Co-director of the Secondary Literacy Network
University of Colorado at Denver

"Very comprehensive! It contains everything a teacher needs to guide students in comprehension."

Aileen Carew, Marin Reading Council President & Reading Specialist
Bel Aire School, Tiburon, CA

"With a veteran teacher’s insight, Elaine McEwan presents practical instructional activities to which all of my students have responded, even my most reluctant readers. I would recommend this book to both reading and content area teachers."

Larry Snyder, 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher
Taft Middle School, Canton, OH

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