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Comprehension [Grades K-12] Douglas Fisher

Comprehension [Grades K-12] By Douglas Fisher

Comprehension [Grades K-12] by Douglas Fisher

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Comprehension [Grades K-12]: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading by Douglas Fisher

Comprehension is the structured, comprehensive, three-pronged approach-skill, will, and thrill-you need to empower students to comprehend text and take action in the world.


Comprehension [Grades K-12] Reviews

Fisher, Frey, and Law take components of effective reading instruction-skills, engagement, relevance-and show teachers how to focus their work in a meaningful way. Plenty of rich, classroom examples from all grade levels illustrate that this work is for everyone! -- Lynn Angus Ramos
Comprehension inspires me to take action! I want to be deliberate in my selection of texts for students, in my conversations with them, in my questioning, and in my listening to them. We all need to better understand what can make or break a student's motivation: whether it's the skill, will, or thrill! I want to make book lovers out of my students, and not just create answerers of uninspiring questions with me expecting the same verbiage year after year. Thank you for fueling the fire to go out and do better by students, especially in this era where often we speed through things for task completion. -- Hilda Martinez
Comprehension challenges the view of teachers as facilitators of literacy activities and begins to demonstrate how teachers can be knowledge builders who break the vicious cycle where students most in need of high-quality reading and writing opportunities end up getting the least. It is particularly relevant for teachers who are working with students that are reading to learn. It illuminates (psychological) variables that can promote a love of reading or contribute to reading avoidance and signals actions that teachers can take to foster a culture of deep reading.
This text contributes to the important debate about knowledge-rich curricula and the role that comprehension plays in an era dominated by smart devices and search engines. The authors elucidate the enduring importance of deep reading as an apprenticeship into ways of thinking and knowing that cultivates what Professor Maryanne Wolf calls cognitive patience: the gateway to contemplative thought, critical analysis, analogic reasoning, and empathy. -- Peter Nielsen
In their new book, Comprehension: The Skill, Will and Thrill of Reading, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nicole Law challenge teachers to rethink the meaning of comprehension with its emphasis on what and how instead of offering students opportunities to think about the when and why. The authors explain the thrill of comprehension, showing how reading can shape our identities, how we think about ourselves and others, how we view the world, and ultimately why we take social action. Carefully, this groundbreaking book guides readers into rethinking and re-imagining strategy application, with an emphasis on quantitative measures of readability over the nuances that qualitative measures reveal. Our re-imagining journey continues as the authors discuss the skills young readers practice to develop fluency and automaticity and those such as vocabulary and background knowledge that continue to grow over a lifetime. Using examples from primary grades through high school, they discuss the teaching of comprehension and students' reactions to the practice that emerges from instruction. They explain the importance of will-student agency-and its relationship to developing literate minds through thinking, questioning, discussing, and problem solving. This is a seminal book that you will read again and again no matter what grade you teach. -- Laura Robb

About Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association William S. Grey citation of merit and an Exemplary Leader award from the Conference on English Leadership of NCTE. He has published numerous articles on teaching and learning as well as books such as The Teacher Clarity Playbook, PLC+, Visible Learning for Literacy, Comprehension: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading, How Tutoring Works, and most recently, How Learning Works. Doug loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others. Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is a Professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She is a member of the International Literacy Association's Literacy Research Panel. Her published titles include Visible Learning in Literacy, This Is Balanced Literacy, Removing Labels, and Rebound. Nancy is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California and learns from teachers and students every day. Dr. Nicole Law is a passionate educator who provides professional learning to schools and districts across the country. As a Corwin Professional Learning Consultant, Nicole presents content on Culturally Fortifying Practices, dimensions around equity and creating equitable teaching spaces, teacher clarity, Visible Learning, professional learning communities, organizational analysis, literacy instruction, leadership improvement practices and structures, data analysis models, school improvement practices, metacognitive teaching and learning, strategies for success in cognitively rigorous instruction and effective teaching methods for English Learners. She also partners with school and district leaders by providing executive coaching focused on measuring and monitoring school improvement structures. Nicole has served as a curriculum coordinator for English language learners, cultural responsivity, AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination), district equity, and mathematics and science instruction in the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis, Indiana. In this position, Dr. Law created multi-layered and faceted professional development for teachers and administrators covering all aspects of directed programs and curricular areas. She has written curriculum in the areas of science, mathematics, and English language development. Nicole trained and supported administrators, teacher leaders, site coordinators, and school improvement teams in decision making for results, the data teams process, sub-group data dives, and gap reduction practices. Dr. Law completed her doctorate in educational leadership and policy. She has received various recognitions throughout her career, including the 2008 National Milken Award from the state of Indiana. In addition, she has co-authored two publications: The Reflective Leader: Implementing a Multidimensional Leadership Performance System (2013) and Comprehension (Grades K-12): The Skill, Will and Thrill of Reading (2020). Nicole resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband and family and is a proud mother of her son, Kyle Law. Nicole can be reached at [email protected].

Table of Contents

List of Videos Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Point of Comprehension Is Not Comprehension But What Is Reading? Teaching Students to Comprehend Skilled Readers or Strategic Readers Constrained and Unconstrained Skills Is Comprehension Enough? Chapter 2: Skill in Reading Comprehension Skill in Reading Comprehension Background Knowledge in Reading The Sounds of Language Phonics: Sound and Print Fluency in Reading Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction Conclusion Chapter 3: Will in Reading Comprehension Will in Reading Comprehension Dispositions That Underpin Learning Creating the Classroom Conditions for Will to Flourish Conclusion Chapter 4: Thrill in Reading Comprehension Thrill in Reading Comprehension The Right and the Responsibility of Criticism Reading Through a Critical Literacy Lens Goal Setting Through Student-Generated Questions Taking Action Chapter 5: Tools for Reading Comprehension Instruction Texts as Tools for Fostering Comprehension Text Readability and Text Complexity The Special Cast of Digital Texts Texts in Primary Grades Tasks as Tools for Fostering Comprehension An Instructional Framework That Works Conclusion References Index

Additional information

CIN1071812831G
9781071812839
1071812831
Comprehension [Grades K-12]: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading by Douglas Fisher
Douglas Fisher
Corwin Literacy
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
20201104
208
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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