One of society's critical education problems is adolescent students who can not read their grade level. Developed at the world famous Boy's Town in Nebraska to help students recover from reading deficits, the program in this book is used in Boy's Town institutions elsewhere and is increasingly being introduced into public and private schools.
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not detailed, but still a gem nevertheless,
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This review is from: When Adolescents Can't Read: Methods and Materials That Work (From Reading Research to Practice) (Paperback)
Based on Jeanne Chall's stages of reading development, this program is designed to help adolescents overcome their reading deficits. Diagnostic Assessments of Reading is used for assessment. The entire program is broken down into four courses which target the student's word identification, vocabulary, comprehension, and study skills.
One is convinced of the program's efficacy. However, when everything about the program is outlined in 54 pages, one becomes aware that it is practically a show-and-tell without the show. In other words, the book tells you what is being done without showing you how it is being done. Not a program that is easily replicable, to say the least, but still worth emulating, if one has the knowledge and resources--and time.
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Not bad..can't go wrong with Jeanne Chall,
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This review is from: When Adolescents Can't Read: Methods and Materials That Work (From Reading Research to Practice) (Paperback)
I've said it once, I'll say it again...Jeanne Chall is to the field of reading what Frankl LLoyd Wright was to architecture. These authors were clever to attach her name to the text. Well written for everyday teachers and/or reading specialists. I also recommend as a supplement, Michael PRessley's Balanced Instruction.
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When most people think of Boys Town, they think of Mickey Rooney or Spencer Tracy, or maybe even the phrase, "He ain't heavy, Father ... he's m' brother." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
severe reading problems, highest grade level, vocabulary instruction, reading curriculum, reading failure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When most people think of Boys Town, they think of Mickey Rooney or Spencer Tracy, or maybe even the phrase, "He ain't heavy, Father ... he's m' brother." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
severe reading problems, highest grade level, vocabulary instruction, reading curriculum, reading failure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Boys Town, Reading Center, Gary Paulsen, Joan Lowery Nixon New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins on page 31
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