Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Brief Contents

Contents

Preface

1 THE READING ACT

The Importance of Reading

The Reading Product:Communication

The Reading Process

The Reading Process:Selected Theories

Fifteen Principles of Teaching Reading

2 USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR LITERACY LEARNING

Important New Literacy Concerns

The Role of the Teacher

Technology as a Tool for Literacy Instruction

3 ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION

Current Trends in Assessment

Formal Assessment

Criterion-Referenced Tests

Informal Assessments

Assessment of Emergent Literacy

Using Assessment to Guide Intervention

4 EMERGENT AND DEVELOPING LITERACY

Development of Cognition and Language

Learning to Read and Write

Development of Oral Language Skills

Classroom Environment

Home and School Connection

Importance of Assessment and Early Intervention

5 OVERVIEW OF WORD-RECOGNITION APPROACHES

Word-Recognition Strategies

Word-Recognition Procedure

6 PHONICS FOR WORD RECOGNITION

Benefi ts of Learning Phonics

Terminology

Variability and Phonics

Elements of Effective Phonics Instruction

Major Approaches to Teaching Phonics

Specific Teaching Strategies

Putting Phonics Instruction into Perspective

7 MEANING VOCABULARY

General Principles of Vocabulary Instruction

Vocabulary Development

Instructional Procedures

Special Words

8 COMPREHENSION:PART 1

The Reader

The Reading Situation

The Text

Interaction of the Reader,the Reading Situation,and the Text

9 COMPREHENSION:PART 2

Literal Comprehension

Higher-Order Comprehension

Effective Questioning

Comprehension Challenges for Struggling Readers

10 MAJOR APPROACHES AND MATERIALS FOR READING INSTRUCTION

Basal (or Core) Reading Series

Literature-Based Approaches

Language Experience Approach

Programmed Instruction and Computer Use

Eclectic Approaches

11 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Facilitating Language Development

Integrating the Language Arts

The Reading–Writing Connection

Literature as a Means for Integrating Language Arts

12 READING/STUDY TECHNIQUES

Study Methods

Flexibility of Reading Habits

Locating Information

Organizational Techniques

Metacognition

Graphic Aids

13 READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS

Content Texts Compared with Basal Reading Series

Diffi culty of Texts and Supplementary Materials

Alternatives to Exclusive Use of Content Texts

General Techniques for Content-Area Reading

Specific Content Areas

Helping English-Language Learners Develop Content Literacy

Helping Struggling Readers Develop Content Literacy

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index