Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment: So What Do I Do Now

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This one-of-a-kind book identifies practical reading intervention strategies based on students' informal reading inventory results.   Today teachers need valid research-based measures for reading improvement, assessments to determine students' reading abilities, and intervention strategies to guide students back on track. To help teachers connect students' performance and evaluation to instruction, best-selling authors JoAnne Caldwell and Lauren Leslie outline practical intervention strategies that are aligned with any informal reading inventory. Targeting the latest research, this edition includes new student case studies, more writing applications, a focus on teaching with classroom materials, and a new PDToolkit (available either with the book or alone). By identifying intervention strategies based on assessment, the book helps teachers and students address difficulties in word identification, fluency, prior knowledge, and comprehension.

Table of Contents:
Chapter One: An Overview of Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers      Reading Instruction–Past and Present Perspectives            Successful Intervention — A New Perspective Principles of Effective Intervention Programs          Current Issues Summary    References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Two: Patterns of Reading Difficulty          General Patterns         Defining a Student’s Reading Level  Reading Level: An Indicator of Problem Severity    Reading Level: An Indicator of Word Identification Proficiency    Reading Level: An Indicator of Comprehension Proficiency           Designing the Intervention Focus      Summary      References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Three: The Structure of Intervention Sessions The Importance of Consistent Structure        Individual Intervention Structures K-5 Group Intervention Structures K-5    Intervention Structures 6-12 Classroom Intervention Structures That Foster the Growth of Struggling Readers Designing Your Own Structure          Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings   Chapter Four: Phonological Awareness         What Is Phonological Awareness and Why Is It Important? The Importance of Rhyme    The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Rhyme Knowledge      Phonological Awareness Instruction The Importance of Phonemic Awareness      Developing Phonemic Awareness Aurally    Application to Writing Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Five: Word Identification Instruction: Phonics and More   What Is Systematic Phonics Instruction?      The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Problems with Word Identification  Guidelines for Exemplary Phonics Instruction         Teaching Consonant Sounds Using Shared Reading Procedures for Teaching Consonant Sounds Using Shared Reading Teaching Vowel Sounds: Using Spelling Patterns to Read by Analogy       The Importance of Cross-Checking   How to Learn Words That Are Difficult to Decode  Putting It All Together: Guided Reading       Teacher Prompting during Oral Reading       Application to Spelling Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Six: Word Identification Instruction: Fluency  The Importance of Fluency    The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Lack of Fluency           General Principles for Developing Fluency  Instructional Activities for Developing Fluency       Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Seven: Prior Knowledge and Concept Development   How Prior Knowledge Affects Comprehension        How to Assess Prior Knowledge        Building a Knowledge Base: Concept Development Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Eight: Vocabulary Learning The Importance of Vocabulary Learning       The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Vocabulary Learning   General Principles for Developing Vocabulary Learning     Instructional Activities for Fostering Word Learning          Application to Writing Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings      Appendix   Chapter Nine: Comprehension Instruction: Retelling Narrative Text            The Importance of Retelling What is an Effective Retelling? How is an Understanding of Narrative Structure Developed?          The Informal Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Retell Narrative Text General Principles for Developing Narrative Retelling        Biographies: Bridging Narrative and Expository Text         Application to English Language Learners   Application to Writing Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary     References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Ten: Comprehension Instruction: Expository Retelling       Retelling Expository Text      The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Retell Expository Text          General Principles for Developing Effective Expository Retellings            Instructional Strategies for Constructing Expository Retellings      Expository Idea Map  Main Idea Map           Application to Writing Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings      Appendix   Chapter Eleven: Comprehension Instruction: Answering Questions            The Complexity of Answering Questions     The Importance of Self-Questioning The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Ability to Answer Questions        General Principles for Helping Students to Answer Questions        Instructional Activities for Answering Questions     Application to Writing Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners          206 Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Twelve: Comprehension Instruction: General Interactive Strategies The Importance of Comprehension Strategies The Informal Reading Inventory as an Indicator of Problems with Comprehension          Frameworks for Interactive Teaching of Comprehension Strategies           Application to Writing Application to English Language Learners   Application to Adolescent Learners  Response to Intervention        Summary        References and Recommended Readings        Chapter Thirteen: Pulling It All Together: Designing the Intervention Structure        Primary Level Intermediate Level     Middle Level  Generic Intervention Plan      Summary        Appendix Summary of Intervention Strategies         Index