Twelve new book chapters for elementary and secondary teachers have been posted on www.reading.org, and members can read one or more by clicking here.  Isn't it great to be able to read a chapter on a topic of interest without purchasing the entire book?

Elementary

  Making Connections: Color-Coded Chains from the book Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons by Lori Oczkus

Reciprocal Teaching in Whole-Class Sessions from the book, Reciprocal Teaching at Work by Lori D. Oczkus

Creating, Organizing, and Managing Comprehension Centers from the book, Guided Comprehension in the Primary Grades (Second Edition) by Maureen McLaughlin

Teacher-Directed Whole-Group Instruction from the book, Guided Comprehension in Grades 3 – 8 (Second Edition) by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen

Vocabulary from the book Creating Strategic Readers (Second Edition) by Valerie Ellery

Activities to Build Vocabulary Knowledge and Word Skills from the book Fun-tastic Activities for Differentiating Comprehension Instruction, Grades 2-6 by Sandra K. Athans and Denise Ashe Devine

Middle / Secondary

The Writing Workshop: A Predictable Structure from the book Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Intermediate Writing, Grades 4–6 by Lori Jamison Rog

Basic Footwork: Learning Technique from the book Going Bohemian (Second Edition) by Lawrence Baines and Anthony Kunkel

Making Inferences and Predictions from the book Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grades 6–12 (Second Edition) by Jeff Zwiers

Self-Questioning Taxonomy from the book Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning (Third Edition) by Doug Buehl

Alternative Texts and Practices to Engage Male Readers from the book To Be a Boy, To Be a Reader (Second Edition) by William G. Brozo

Successful Teachers Share Advice for Motivating Reluctant Adolescents by Cheryl Taliaferro and Sheri R. Parris from the book Adolescent Literacy, Field Tested edited by Sheri R. Parris, Douglas Fisher, and Kathy Headley