Reading Revealed - by Diane Stephens & Jerome Harst & Jean Anne Clyde (Paperback)

About the Book

This collection of more than thirty-five "engagements"-- engaging stories of student-focused instructional and assessment actions from practicing teachers--is designed to strengthen the reader in every child, while reinforcing the fundamental fact that reading is about constructing meaning. With detailed instructions, tips, resources, and more, Reading Revealed is an essential resource to help students approach reading strategically and joyfully.

Book Synopsis

Uncover the why, what, and how of research-informed reading instruction

Fifty award-winning literacy educators contribute more than thirty-five "engagements"--student-focused, classroom-tested instructional and assessment actions--to strengthen the reader in every child, while reinforcing one essential fact: reading is about constructing meaning. The book is organized in a four-part framework: Knowing Reading, Knowing Readers, Engaging Readers, and Knowing the Language to Use.

Each engagement includes:

• A brief introduction
• Why?--Benefits of the engagement
• Who?--Students that would benefit most from the engagement
• How?--Materials and instructions for effective implementation
• Closure/Stepping Back--Concluding the engagement
• How's It Going? Informal Assessment
• Sources for more information

With helpful tips, photos, callouts for additional stories and videos found at scholastic.com/ReadingRevealedResources, an appendix of forms, and lists of professional titles and children's literature, Reading Revealed offers indispensable support for helping students approach reading strategically and joyfully.

Review Quotes

"Reading Revealed is an opportunity to come back to our center as teachers. It reminds us what reading instruction can and should be: naming the artfulness in teacher talk and showing the instructional moves a responsive, active teacher takes in the classroom. We are invited to watch how everyday acts sustain readers. We see rich instruction that connects us to students and to their lives and hopes as readers. This orientation toward the humanity in each child is essential if we are to find joy in our work. You will be led to better teaching, but also to renewed purpose and hope for the creativity of teaching and learning." --Penny Kittle, teacher and author of Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

"In these pressure-filled days of expecting more, raising standards, ignoring developmentally appropriate guidelines for children, together with an increasing emphasis on testing, it is easy to understand why teachers may skim over the 'why' and rush to the 'how.' The best teaching is responsive--knowing both why and how to shape instruction to address the needs and strengths of children. This volume draws together the thinking of a lineage of great teachers, grounded first in 'why, ' who help us to trace and understand the theoretical roots of the work they share." --Lester L. Laminack, author of The Ultimate Read Aloud Resource: Making Every Moment Intentional and Instructional With Best Friend Books

About the Author

Diane Stephens was the Swearingen Chair of Education in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. She is a founding editor of NCTE's Primary Voices, served as co-editor for 7 years and was a member and Chair of the Reading Commission for the International Reading (now Literacy) Association. Diane took a leadership role in South Carolina's state-wide Reading Initiative and helped write the Read to Succeed law, which requires all SC K-5 classroom and K-12 special education teachers to have 12 hours in reading as pre-service teachers and all in-service educators to have advanced course work in reading. Throughout her career, she has worked with individuals who do not yet find reading pleasurable.

Jerome C. Harste is the Past President of the National Council of Teachers of English, the Literacy Research Association, and the National Conference on Language and Literacy Research. In addition, he has been inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame and has received the Squire Award from NCTE, the LRA Oscar S. Causey Award for his lifetime contribution to reading research, NCTE's Russell Award for his book, Language Stories and Literacy Lessons, and was honored by NCTE with the Outstanding Elementary Education Award. Hi is currently a member of the Alliance of Distinguished Professors at Indiana University.

Jean Anne Clyde is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of Literacy Education at the University of Louisville who is most joyful when learning alongside teacher researchers and kids searching for innovative ways to appreciate, celebrate and support learners. Her work with preschoolers, elementary and middle grades kids, and her decade-long role as co-director of the Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education has left her passionate about the need for arts-integrated, inquiry-based instruction. Her discoveries and strategies can be found in books and articles published by Stenhouse, Heinemann, NCTE, ILA, NAEYC, and ASCD.