Reading and Learning to Read, 10th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • Jo Anne L. Vacca Kent State University, Professor Emerita
  • Richard T. Vacca Kent State University, Professor Emeritus
  • Mary K. Gove
  • Linda C. Burkey University of Mount Union
  • Lisa A. Lenhart
  • Christine A. McKeon
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Table of contents

Brief Contents

  • Chapter 1 Knowledge and Beliefs about Reading
  • Chapter 2 Approaches to Reading Instruction
  • Chapter 3 Meeting the Literacy Needs of Diverse Learners
  • Chapter 4 Foundations of Language and Literacy
  • Chapter 5 Assessing Reading Performance
  • Chapter 6 Word Identification
  • Chapter 7 Reading Fluency
  • Chapter 8 Vocabulary Knowledge and Concept Development
  • Chapter 9 Comprehending Narrative Text
  • Chapter 10 Comprehending Informational Text
  • Chapter 11 Reading—Writing Connections
  • Chapter 12 Bringing Children and Text Together
  • Chapter 13 Instructional Materials

Table of Contents

  • Features
  • Preface
  1. Knowledge and Beliefs About Reading
    • The Importance of Belief Systems
      • Different Beliefs, Different Instructional Decisions
        • Differing Instructional Decisions
      • Reading Instruction and Teachers’ Belief Systems
      • National Initiatives
      • Teacher Preparation
      • Transliteracy
      • Multiple Approaches to Reading Instruction
    • How Teachers Come to Know About Reading and Learning to Read
      • Constructing Personal Knowledge
      • Constructing Practical Knowledge
      • Constructing Professional Knowledge and Expertise
    • Perspectives on Learning to Read
      • Cognitive Insights into Reading and Learning to Read
        • The Alphabetic Principle and Learning to Read
        • Schema Theory and Reading Comprehension
        • Metacognition and Learning
      • Reading from a Language Perspective
        • Psycholinguistics and Reading
        • Sociolinguistics and Reading
    • Models of Reading
      • Bottom-Up Models
      • Top-Down Models
        • Interactive Models
    • RTI for Struggling Readers
    • What About: Standards, Assessment, and Knowledge and Beliefs about Reading?
      • Summary
      • Teacher Action Research
      • Through the Lens of the Common Core
  2. Approaches to Reading Instruction
    • Belief Systems and Approaches to Literacy Instruction
      • Beliefs About Reading
    • Curriculum Perspectives
      • Bottom-Up Curricula
        • Readers and Textbooks
      • Top-Down Curricula
        • Classroom Conditions for Learning
      • Instructional Approaches
        • The Basal Reading Approach
        • The Language-Experience Approach
        • Literature-Based Instruction Approaches
        • Technology-Based Instruction
          • Technology-Based Instructional
      • Considerations
      • Individualizing Instruction
      • The Integrated Approach
      • Expertise Matters More than Approach
    • RTI for Struggling Readers
    • What About: Standards, Assessment, and Approaches to Reading Instruction?
      • Summary
      • Teacher Action Research
      • Through the Lens of the Common Core
  3. Meeting the Literacy Needs of Diverse Learners
    • Linguistic Diversity in Literacy Classrooms
      • Instructional Beliefs About Linguistic Diversity
      • Instructional Principles for Students Speaking Diverse Languages and Dialects
      • Instructional Strategies for Students Speaking Diverse Languages
        • Sheltered English Adaptations
        • Instructional Conversations
        • Response Protocol
        • Wordless Books
        • Content Area Practices
      • Dialects
        • Code-Switching
        • Dialectical Miscues
    • Cultural Diversity in Literacy Classrooms
      • Instructional Beliefs About Cultural Diversity
      • Instructional Principles for Students from Diverse Cultures
      • Instructional Strategies for Culturally Diverse Students
        • Determining Cultural Expectations
        • Background Knowledge and Motivation
        • Using Culturally Responsive Read-Alouds
        • Choosing Quality Multicultural Literature
        • Fostering Ethnic, National, and Global Identification
        • Technology-Enhanced Instruction
    • Academic and Cognitive Diversity in Literacy Classrooms
      • Instructional Beliefs About Academic and Cognitive Diversity
      • Instructional Principles for Academic and Cognitive Diversity
        • Inclusion
        • Curriculum Compacting
        • Differentiated Instruction
      • Instructional Strategies for Students with Diverse Academic and Cognitive Abilities
        • Multisensory Phonics Strategies
        • Technology-Based Diagnostic Strategies
        • Inquiry Learning
        • Transliteracies
    • RTI for Struggling Readers
    • What About: Standards, Assessment, and Diversity?
      • Summary
      • Teacher Action Research
      • Through the Lens of the Common Core
  4. Foundations of Language and Literacy
    • Literacy Development
      • How Oral Language Develops
      • How Reading Develops
        • Phase 1: Awareness and Exploration
        • Phase 2: Experimental Reading and Writing
        • Phase 3: Early Reading and Writing
        • Phase 4: Transitional Reading and Writing
        • Phase 5: Independent and Productive Reading and Writing
      • How Writing Develops
        • The Importance of Scribbling
      • Oral Language and Vocabulary
      • Phonological Awareness
      • Alphabet Knowledge
      • Developmental Writing
      • Print Knowledge
    • Literate Learning Environments
      • Creating Literate Learning Environments at Home
      • Creating Literate Environments in the Classroom
        • Design of the Classroom Environment
        • Literacy-Related Play Centers
    • Facilitating Language and Literacy
      • Learning About Literacy Through Books
      • Storybooks
      • Nonfiction Books
      • Big Books
      • E-Books
      • Class-Made Books
      • Steps to Follow in Producing Language-Experience Stories
        • Having Students Dictate Stories
    • Learning About the Relationships Between Speech and Print
    • Learning About Features of Written Language
    • Learning About Letters and Sounds
      • Recognizing Letters
      • Phonological Awareness
      • Phonemic Awareness
        • Developing Phonemic Awareness in Children
    • Assessing Language and Literacy in Young Children
      • Assessing Print Knowledge
      • Assessing Alphabet Knowledge
      • Assessing Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness
      • Assessing Developmental Writing
    • RTI for Struggling Readers
    • What About: Standards, Assessment, and Beginning Readers and Writers?
      • Summary
      • Teacher Action Research
      • Through the Lens of the Common Core
  5. Assessing Reading Performance
    • Toward a Collaborative Framework for Decision Making
    • Trends in Assessment
      • High-Stakes Testing
      • Authentic Assessment
      • Technology in Assessment
    • Formal Assessment
      • Standardized Tests
        • Types of Test Scores
        • Types of Tests
        • Uses of Standardized Test Results
      • Criterion-Referenced Tests
    • Informal Assessment
      • Informal Reading Inventories
        • Administering an IRI
        • Recording Oral Reading Errors
        • Determining Reading Levels
      • Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues
      • Running Records
        • Administering a Running Record
        • Analyzing Running Records
      • Kidwatching While Teaching
        • Anecdotal Notes
        • Checklists
        • Interviewing
      • Other Informal Assessments
    • Portfolio Assessment
      • Essential Elements of Portfolios
      • Implementing Portfolios in the Classroom
    • Assessment Today and Tomorrow
    • RTI for Struggling Readers
    • What About: Standards, Assessment, and Reading Performance?
      • Summary
      • Teacher Action Research
      • Through the Lens of the Common Core
  6. Word Identification
    • Defining Word Identification
    • Phases of Development in Children’s Ability to Identify Words
    • Approaches and Guidelines for Teaching Phonics
      • Traditional Approaches
        • Analytic Phonics Instruction
        • Synthetic Phonics Instruction
        • Syllables
      • Contemporary Approaches
        • Analogy-Based Phonics Instruction
        • Embedded Phonics Instruction
        • Guidelines for Contemporary Phonics Instruction
    • Strategies for Teaching Phonics
      • Consonant-Based Strategies
        • Multisensory Activities
        • Consonant Substitution
        • Flip Books
        • Making Words
        • Word Ladders
        • Cube Words
      • Analogic-Based Strategies
        • Poetry
        • Making and Writing Words Using Letter Patterns
      • Spelling-Based Strategies
        • Word Banks
        • Word Walls
        • Word Sorting
    • Using Meaning and Letter–Sound Information to Identify Words
      • Strategies for Teaching Context
        • Cloze Passages
        • Cloze with Choices Given
        • Guessing Games
        • Semantic Gradients and Context Clues
      • Cross-Checking and Self-Monitoring Strategies
    • Using Structural Analysis to Identify Words
      • Strategies for Teaching Structural Analysis
        • Word Study Notebook
        • Wall Chart Carousel
        • Compound Word Cups
        • Contraction Search
    • Rapid Recognition of Words
      • High-Frequency Words
      • Teaching Function Words
        • Incremental Rehearsal
        • Language-Experience Strategy
        • Word Walls
        • Environmental Print
        • Word Games
        • Literature and Poetry
      • Teaching Key Words
        • Group Activities with Key Words
    • Organizing Word Identification Instruction
      • Principle 1
      • Principle 2
      • Principle 3
    • Balancing Word Identification Instruction
    • RTI for Struggling Readers
    • What About: Standards, Assessment, and Word Identification?
      • Summary
      • Teacher Action Research
      • Through the Lens of the Common Core
  7. Reading Fluency
    • Defining Oral Reading Fluency
      • Accuracy in Word Decoding
      • Automatic Processing
      • Prosody
      • Predictability of Reading Materials
    • Developing Oral Reading Fluency
      • Strategies for Groups of Students
        • Choral Reading
        • Echo Reading
        • Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction (FORI)

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