Dewey Decimal372.47
Table Of ContentPart I: Readers, Texts and Levels--and What It Means for ComprehensionComprehension Goals and ConsiderationsReader and Text Variables that Impact ComprehensionMerging Levels and Comprehension: What to Expect in the Parts Ahead Part II: Fiction: Texts, Readers, and Comprehension Studying Fiction and Supporting Readers: A Framework for ComprehensionUnderstanding Fiction Texts: A Level-by-Level Guide to CharacteristicsUnderstanding Fiction Readers: A Goal-by-Goal Guide to Readers' Comprehension of Increasingly Complex Texts Plot and Setting Character Vocabulary and Figurative Language Themes and Ideas Part III: Nonfiction: Texts, Readers, and ComprehensionStudying Nonfiction and Supporting Readers: A Framework for ComprehensionUnderstanding Nonfiction Texts: A Level-by-Level Guide to CharacteristicsUnderstanding Nonfiction Readers: A Goal-by-Goal Guide to Readers' Comprehension of Increasingly Complex Texts Main Idea Key Details Vocabulary Text Features Part IV: Assessment and Instruction: Bringing Your Understanding of Texts and Readers to the ClassroomKnowing Students: Interests, Language, Culture, Background Knowledge, and MoreAssessing and Evaluating ComprehensionMatching Readers With "Just Right" BooksConducting Goal-Setting ConferencesUsing a Variety of Reading Strategies for Teaching ComprehensionUsing a Variety Structures: Methods for Teaching Comprehension Conclusion: The Alchemy of Reading
Synopsis"Goals help guide my thinking about reader's skills within each level of text complexity, and a leveling system helps my understanding of readers' development from level to level." --Jennifer Serravallo Understanding Texts & Readersmakes comprehension make sense. In it, Jennifer Serravallo narrows the distance between assessment and instruction. She maps the four fiction and four nonfiction comprehension goals she presented in The Reading Strategies Book to fourteen text levels and shares sample responses that show what to expect from readers at each. Jen simplifies text complexity and clarifies comprehension instruction. She begins by untangling the many threads of comprehension: Levels, engagement, stamina, the relevance of texts, and much more. Then level by level she: calls out with precision how plot and setting, character, vocabulary and figurative language, and themes and ideas change as fiction across levels specifies how the complexity of main idea, key details, vocabulary, and text features increases in nonfiction texts points out what to expect from a reader as text characteristics change provides samples of student responses to texts at each level shares progressions across levels to support instructional planning. Even if you haven't read the book your reader is responding to, you'll have the background necessary to make great teaching decisions for all your readers. "Understanding subtle shifts and increases in demands from level to level," writes Jennifer Serravallo, "can guide what a teacher asks a student, what the teacher expects of the student, and what the teacher, therefore, teaches the student." Want to become a master of matching kids to books? Looking to take the difficult out of differentiation? Or do you want to dramatically increase the power and responsiveness of Jen's Reading Strategies Book? Understanding Texts & Readersshows you how to move forward when students need to make progress., "Goals help guide my thinking about reader's skills within each level of text complexity, and a leveling system helps my understanding of readers' development from level to level." -Jennifer Serravallo U nderstanding Texts & Readers makes comprehension make sense. In it, Jennifer Serravallo narrows the distance between assessment and instruction. She maps the four fiction and four nonfiction comprehension goals she presented in The Reading Strategies Book to fourteen text levels and shares sample responses that show what to expect from readers at each. Jen simplifies text complexity and clarifies comprehension instruction. She begins by untangling the many threads of comprehension: Levels, engagement, stamina, the relevance of texts, and much more. Then level by level she: calls out with precision how plot and setting, character, vocabulary and figurative language, and themes and ideas change as fiction across levels specifies how the complexity of main idea, key details, vocabulary, and text features increases in nonfiction texts points out what to expect from a reader as text characteristics change provides samples of student responses to texts at each level shares progressions across levels to support instructional planning. Even if you haven't read the book your reader is responding to, you'll have the background necessary to make great teaching decisions for all your readers. "Understanding subtle shifts and increases in demands from level to level," writes Jennifer Serravallo, "can guide what a teacher asks a student, what the teacher expects of the student, and what the teacher, therefore, teaches the student." Want to become a master of matching kids to books? Looking to take the difficult out of differentiation? Or do you want to dramatically increase the power and responsiveness of Jen's Reading Strategies Book ? Understanding Texts & Readers shows you how to move forward when students need to make progress., "Goals help guide my thinking about reader's skills within each level of text complexity, and a leveling system helps my understanding of readers' development from level to level." --Jennifer Serravallo U nderstanding Texts & Readers makes comprehension make sense. In it, Jennifer Serravallo narrows the distance between assessment and instruction. She maps the four fiction and four nonfiction comprehension goals she presented in The Reading Strategies Book to fourteen text levels and shares sample responses that show what to expect from readers at each. Jen simplifies text complexity and clarifies comprehension instruction. She begins by untangling the many threads of comprehension: Levels, engagement, stamina, the relevance of texts, and much more. Then level by level she: calls out with precision how plot and setting, character, vocabulary and figurative language, and themes and ideas change as fiction across levels specifies how the complexity of main idea, key details, vocabulary, and text features increases in nonfiction texts points out what to expect from a reader as text characteristics change provides samples of student responses to texts at each level shares progressions across levels to support instructional planning. Even if you haven't read the book your reader is responding to, you'll have the background necessary to make great teaching decisions for all your readers. "Understanding subtle shifts and increases in demands from level to level," writes Jennifer Serravallo, "can guide what a teacher asks a student, what the teacher expects of the student, and what the teacher, therefore, teaches the student." Want to become a master of matching kids to books? Looking to take the difficult out of differentiation? Or do you want to dramatically increase the power and responsiveness of Jen's Reading Strategies Book ? Understanding Texts & Readers shows you how to move forward when students need to make progress.
LC Classification NumberLB1573.7.S476 2018