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Direct Instruction Reading

by Douglas W. Carnine, Jerry Silbert, Edward J. Kame'enui

6th Edition

Publisher: Pearson

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Book Details

Print ISBN9780134276106
eText ISBN9780134255897
PublisherPearson
Publishing Year2017
Edition6th Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages352

Direct Instruction Reading, 6th Edition, is a college-level textbook designed to guide educators in teaching students who struggle with reading in the alphabetic writing system. It presents direct instructional procedures intended for classroom environments.

Coverage focuses on essential early reading skills, including phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondence, and regular word sounding. The text also addresses subsequent instructional stages, such as passage reading fluency, narrative comprehension strategies, and content-area instruction.

The volume supports both novice educators with limited teaching experience and expert teachers assisting struggling learners. In addition, this edition incorporates chapter learning outcomes to organize instructional goals.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Perspectives on Reading Instruction

    • • Perspectives on Improving Student Reading Performance
    • • Illustrations of The Four Orientations
    • • A More In-Depth Look at Direct Instruction
  2. Chapter 2: A Model of Reading Instruction

    • • National Reading Panel Findings
    • • Common Core State Standards
    • • Stages Of Reading Instruction
    • • English Language Learners
  3. Chapter 3: Classroom Reading Instruction

    • • Instructional Materials
    • • Modifying Core Reading Programs For At-Risk Learners
    • • Assessment
    • • Organization Of Instruction
  4. Chapter 4: Delivery of Instruction

    • • Program Design
    • • Presentation Techniques
  5. Chapter 5: An Overview of Beginning Reading

    • • Key Terminology
    • • The Great Debate: Code-Emphasis Vs. Meaning-Emphasis Programs
    • • Providing Explicit And Systematic Instruction During The Beginning Reading Stage
    • • Research On Beginning Reading Instruction
  6. Chapter 6: Phonemic Awareness and Alphabetic Understanding

    • • Phonological And Phonemic Awareness
    • • Preskills For Sounding Out Words
    • • Commercial Programs
  7. Chapter 7: Letter—Sound Correspondence

    • • Sequence For Introducing Letter—Sound Correspondences
    • • Rate For Introducing Letter—Sound Correspondences
    • • Procedure for Teaching Letter—Sound Correspondences
    • • Critical Teacher Presentation Behaviors
    • • Using Commercial Materials
  8. Chapter 8: Sounding Out Regular Words

    • • Regular Words
    • • Scope And Sequence
    • • Teaching Procedures
    • • Passage Reading During The Beginning Reading Stage
    • • Commercial Reading Programs
  9. Chapter 9: Sight Reading

    • • Sight Reading In Word Lists
    • • Passage Reading
    • • Commercial Programs
  10. Chapter 10: Irregular Words

    • • When To Introduce Irregular Words
    • • Sequence For Introducing Irregular Words
    • • Teaching Procedure
    • • Modified Introductory Format
    • • Facilitating Retention
    • • Commercial Programs
  11. Chapter 11: Vocabulary Instruction during the Beginning Reading Stage

    • • Teaching Procedure
    • • Teacher Read-Alouds
    • • Commercial Programs
  12. Chapter 12: Comprehension Instruction during the Beginning Reading Stage

    • • Foundational Language
    • • Sentence Comprehension
    • • Story Comprehension: Teacher Read-Alouds
    • • Text-Related Comprehension
  13. Chapter 13: Phonic Analysis

    • • Words With Letter Combinations
    • • Words With A Vce Pattern
  14. Chapter 14: Structural Analysis

    • • Words With Common Affixes
    • • Vce Derivatives
    • • Y Derivatives
    • • Multisyllabic Words Formed With Prefixes And Suffixes
  15. Chapter 15: Irregular Words: Primary and Intermediate Grades

    • • Systematic Introduction Of Irregular Words
    • • Context As A Cue
  16. Chapter 16: Fluency Instruction and Passage Reading

    • • Teaching Procedure For Story Reading
    • • Fluency
    • • Reading Outside School
  17. Chapter 17: Vocabulary Instruction after the Beginning Stage*

    • • Direct Vocabulary Teaching
    • • Teaching Word-Learning Strategies
    • • Relation Of Vocabulary Instruction To Improving Comprehension
    • • Research
  18. Chapter 18: Comprehension Skills and Procedures

    • • Inferential Comprehension
    • • Summarization
    • • Sentence Structure
    • • Text-Reading Procedures
  19. Chapter 19: Narrative-Comprehension Strategies

    • • Story Selection
    • • Teaching Procedure
    • • Advanced Story-Reading Comprehension Strategy
  20. Chapter 20: Critical Reading

    • • Steps In Critical Reading
    • • Teaching Procedure
    • • An Overall Critical-Reading Strategy
  21. Chapter 21: Direct Instruction in Content-Area Reading1

    • • Characteristics Of Expository Materials
    • • Content-Area Lessons
  22. Chapter 22: Response to Intervention: School-Wide Organization of Reading Instruction

    • • Assessment For Universal Screening, Progress Monitoring, And Placement
    • • Tier 1 Supports
    • • Tier 2 Supports
    • • Tier 3 Supports

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