Help for Struggling Readers: Strategies for Grades 3-8 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) - Softcover

McKenna, Michael C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572307609 ISBN 13: 9781572307605

Publisher: Guilford Press, 2002

Synopsis

This practical book presents an array of research-based instructional strategies for use with struggling readers in the upper-elementary and middle grades. It is filled with proven ideas for engaging students and developing the key components of successful reading: vocabulary, comprehension, word recognition, and fluency. Each chapter reviews techniques for working on specific skills, provides needed materials and teacher-friendly instructional tips, and lists suggestions for further reading. The book's utility is enhanced by its convenient 8½ x 11 format and numerous reproducible charts, graphic organizer templates, and activities.

About this title

About the Author

Michael C. McKenna, PhD, was Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Reading in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia until his death in 2016. He authored, coauthored, or edited more than 20 books and over 100 articles, chapters, and technical reports on a range of literacy topics. Dr. McKenna also served as Series Editor, with Sharon Walpole, of The Essential Library of PreK-2 Literacy. His research was sponsored by the National Reading Research Center and the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement. He was a corecipient of the Edward B. Fry Book Award from the Literacy Research Association and the Award for Outstanding Academic Books from the American Library Association, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572307609
• ISBN 13: 9781572307605
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200