Who's Doing the Work?: How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More / Edition 1

by Jan Burkins, Kim Yaris

Overview

Best-selling authors Dr. Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris rethink traditional teaching practices Who's Doing the Work: How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More. They review some common instructional mainstays such as read-aloud, guided reading, shared reading, and independent reading and provide small, yet powerful, adjustments to help hold students accountable for their learning.Next generation reading instruction is much more responsive to student needs and aims to remove some of the scaffolding that can hinder reader development. Instead of relying on teacher prompts, Who's Doing the Work asks teachers to have students take ownership of their reading by managing their challenges independently and working through any plateaus they encounter. Whether you are an elementary teacher, literacy coach, reading specialist, or parent, Who's Doing the Work provides numerous examples on how to readjust the reading process and teach students to gain proficiency and joy in their work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625310750
Publisher:	Stenhouse Publishers
Publication date:	04/13/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	158
Sales rank:	488,417
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jan Burkins, co-author of Shifting the Balance (Stenhouse, 2021) and Kim Yaris are the writers and thinkers behind Burkins and Yaris — Think Tank for 21st Century Literacy, where their blog and their instructional resources have drawn a national audience and made them thought leaders in the field of literacy instruction. Both former teachers, Jan and Kim are passionate about helping educators navigate, understand, and teach instructional standards without sacrificing their inner teacher. In their roles as staff developers, they work closely with schools and districts — facilitating staff development, conducting in-class demonstrations, and developing curriculum.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword by Joan Moser of "The 2 Sisters" ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: What Painting, Housework, and Designing Sofas Can Teach Us About Developing Agentive Readers 1

Chapter 1 Reading Process: Beginning with the End in Mind 11

Chapter 2 Read-Aloud: Giving Students a Reason to Learn to Read 29

Chapter 3 Shared Reading: Bridging the Gap Between Read-Aloud and Guided Reading 53

Chapter 4 Guided Reading: Reading Practice Under the Teacher's Watchful Eye 77

Chapter 5 Independent Reading: Learning to Love to Read 103

Chapter 6 Putting It All Together 129

References 145

Index 151