25 Essential Language Arts Strategies to Help Striving Readers Succeed

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Discover how to harness the full teaching force of the integrated language arts—reading, writing, talking, listening, and visually viewing—to support your striving readers as they work their way toward reading proficiency. The authors present seven guiding principles and 25 engaging strategies that provide the smart scaffolding uncertain readers need to take the risks necessary to learn. When essential reading skills align with fast-paced, no-fail teaching strategies, students will shine as confident readers. For use with Grades 1-6. Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Working With Striving Readers What Are the Language Arts? Who Are Striving Readers? What Are the Guiding Principles to Support Striving Readers? How Can Teachers Use the Language Arts to Meet the Needs of Striving Readers? Chapter 2: Listening Strategies Read-Aloud Role Play Follow Along! Directed Listening-Thinking Activity (DL-TA) What’s Your Perspective? Author’s Chair Chapter 3: Speaking Strategies What’s on Your Mind? Pass It On! Scene-sational You Are the Text ReStory Teller Chapter 4: Reading Strategies Paired Reading Buddy Reading Focused Readers’ workshop Cut Apart Text Slam Chapter 5: Writing Strategies Focused Writers’ workshop Read-Aloud Free Response Two-Column Notes Language Experience Approach (LEA) Directed Writing-Thinking Activity (DW-TA) Chapter 6: Viewing Strategies Story Mapper Cereal Book Caption Writer Going Graphic Visual Scavenger Hunt References Children’s Literature Cited Integrated Language Arts Lesson Plan Form