Drawing on their own lives as readers and writers and years of experience working in classrooms as coaches, staff developers, and consultants, Dorothy Barnhouse and Vicki Vinton offer practical tips for meeting today's rigorous standards while reminding us of the deeper, enduring purposes and process of reading. In What Readers Really Do, you'll peer into the minds and hearts of readers to notice the often invisible thinking work that goes into making meaning of texts-from comprehending where a scene is taking place to constructing thematic interpretations. And you'll look into the authors' own teaching minds and hearts as they unpack the moves and decisions they make to design and implement instruction that allows every student to make significant and personally relevant meaning of texts. Along the way, you'll learn how to: <ul>
<li>notice and name what students are doing as readers to build their identity and agency</li> <li>move beyond simple strategy instruction to step students into more complex texts</li> <li>show students how readers draft and revise as they read to promote engagement, self-monitoring, and deeper comprehension.</li> </ul>
Filled with student voices and classroom examples including read-alouds, small groups, and conferences, What Readers Really Do will challenge, inspire, and empower you to become the insightful, independent teacher your students need you to be. And it will remind both you and your students why and how we really read.

What Readers Really Do: Teaching the Process of Meaning Making

Education & Teaching

Barnhouse, Dorothy

Vinton, Vicki

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

What Readers Really Do (Print eBook Bundle): Teaching the Process of Meaning Making

Vinton, Victoria

Every teacher wants and expects his or her students to be reading increasingly complex texts, yet sometimes the gap between our expectations and our students’ abilities seems wide and deep. It’s tempting to look at that gap and step in to fill it for them, but then we’d be doing most of the “heavy lifting”—the understanding, analysis, and interpretation that our students should be learning for themselves. So how can teachers reverse this trend and ensure that our students are fully entering, absorbing, and experiencing texts? How can we make sure they’re making complex meaning “independently and proficiently,” as the Common Core State Standards require? Readers Front &amp; Center answers these questions by framing instruction that starts with the student. You’ll learn how to do the following: 
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<li>Research and listen to your students so your teaching can be more targeted</li>
<li>Notice and name your students’ thinking so they can “see” what complex thinking looks and sounds like</li>
<li>Set your students up to be problem solvers</li>
<li>Prepare your students to do increasingly complex thinking in increasingly complex texts</li>
</ul>
 Filled with examples of one-on-one conferences, small groups, and whole-class scenarios, this essential book provides an accessible and inspiring model of how—and why—we need to put students at the front and center of our teaching.

Readers Front and Center

Routledge

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