Tools for Matching Readers to Texts: Research-Based Practices (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy)

✍ Scribed by Heidi Anne E. Mesmer PhD

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Series: Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Selecting reading materials at the appropriate level for each student is an essential component of promoting literacy, and a number of tools for determining text difficulty are now available. This unique, much-needed reference helps teachers choose from a wide array of approaches and implement them effectively. Provided is a thorough, integrative review of recently developed applications such as Lexiles, as well as traditional readability formulas and systems for beginning readers. Detailed vignettes clearly illustrate how teachers have used these tools in real classrooms and provide tips and pointers for success. Rich with charts, tables, and resources, this practical guide includes an appendix on two electronic book matching programs, Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts.

✦ Table of Contents

About the Author......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Contents......Page 12
Using Text Analysis Tools to Match Readers to Texts......Page 14
TEXT ANALYSIS TOOLS......Page 24
Traditional Readability Formulas......Page 26
Second-Generation Readability Formulas......Page 56
Textual Scaffolds for Beginning Readers......Page 76
CHOOSING AND USING TEXT ANALYSIS TOOLS......Page 108
Choosing Text Analysis Tools......Page 110
Using Text Analysis Tools......Page 125
Using Text Analysis Tools......Page 142
APPENDIX Applications of Readability Formulas......Page 166
References......Page 177
Index......Page 190