Randi B. Sofman 
Best Practices for Teaching Reading [EPUB ebook] 
What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Contributors
Part I. Reading in the K-6 Classrooms
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
1. Reading From the First Day of School – Sharon S. Lancaster, Kentucky
2. Ten Steps to Great Readers – Susan Carter, Missouri
3. All for the Love of Reading: A Book Is a Gift – Pamela Jo Roller, Indiana
4. Establishing a Summer Reading Program – Michele Rzewski Copeland, Virginia
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
5. Teaching Reading Strategies Through the Analysis of Visual Art – Susanne Burkhardt, Kentucky
6. Using Word Work to Improve Decoding – Jennifer Ruth, Texas
7. Reading Aloud: Comprehending, Not Word Calling – Jenna Hallman, South Carolina
8. Comprehension: Making Connections to Text – Linda Hennen, West Virginia
Section C. Reading Literature Across the Curriculum
9. Incorporating Drama and Writing: Performing a Mystery Play – Summer Williams, Alabama
10. Social Studies: Reading About Life in the 1800s – Donna Bradley, Alabama
11. Social Studies: Reading the Vietnam Memorial Wall – Donna Bradley, Alabama
12. To Read or Not to Read: Shakespeare With Fourth Graders – Jacquylynn Brickman, Minnesota
13. Reaching Fifth Graders With Novel Study – Diane Woodford, Nebraska
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
14. Reading Kinesthetically – Sharon Lancaster, Kentucky
15. Reading and Writing: A Reciprocal Process – Jessica Heidelberg, Indiana
16. Reading Beyond the Lines: Students With Autistic Disorders – Amy Edinger, New Jersey
17. Encouraging Biliteracy – Caridad Alonso, Delaware
Part II. Reading in Grades 7-12
Section A. Motivating Students to Read
18. Reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading – Karen Morgan Delbridge, Ph D, Wyoming
19. I Hate Reading! – Maria I. Davis, Ohio
20. The ‘I Hate Reading’ Club – Jill Saceman Ryerson
21. You Simply Need to Love It! – Heather-Lee M. Baron, Pennsylvania
Section B. Developing Reading Skills
22. Digging Deeper for Comprehension – Jessica Galla, Rhode Island
23. Using Wonder Journals to Teach Research Reading and Writing Skills – Jill Dougherty, Pennsylvania
24. Make It Your Own! A Vocabulary Activity – Heather-Lee M. Baron, Pennsylvania
Section C. Reading Across the Curriculum
25. Teaching Reading in the Math Classroom – Greg Anderson, Colorado
26. Reading the Language of Mathematics – Anita Dobbs, Alabama
27. ‘Who in the World Are You?’ An Interdisciplinary Project – Janet K. Vaine, Florida
28. Using Self-Publishing as a Gateway for Critical Reading – Stuart Albright, North Carolina
Section D. Differentiating Instruction
29. Score a BINGO in Reading – Mikki Nuckols, Idaho
30. Short-Cycle Assessment in a Reading Workshop: A Collaboration Between Teacher and Student – Darrell Yater, Ohio
Index

Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.