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These days, it seems that everyone has a strong opinion about how
to teach young children to read. Some may brush off the current
tension as nothing more than one more round of ""the reading
wars."" Others may avoid the clash altogether due to the
uncivilized discourse that sometimes results. Certainly, sorting
the signal from the noise is no easy task.In this leading-edge
book, authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates address this tension as a
critical opportunity to look closely at the research, reevaluate
current practices, and embrace new possibilities for an even
stronger enactment of balanced literacy. From phonological
processing to brain research to orthographic mapping to
self-teaching hypothesis, Shifting the Balance cuts through the
rhetoric (and the sciencey science) to offer readers a practical
guide to decision-making about beginning reading instruction. The
authors honor the balanced literacy perspective while highlighting
common practices to reconsider and revise - all through a lens of
what's best for the students sitting in front of us. Â Across
six shifts, each chapter identifies a common instructional practice
to reconsider explores various misunderstandings that establish and
keep that practice in play shares scientific research to support
its reconsideration proposes an instructional shift to apply a new
perspective, and details several high-leverage instructional
routines to support implementation of that shift. By pinpointing
gaps and overlaps - as well as common misunderstandings and missed
opportunities between the competing lines of thought - Jan and Kari
offer busy educators direction and clarification for integrating
science and balance into their daily instruction, while keeping
meaningful experiences with text a priority.
In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book,
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into
the Balanced Literacy Classroom, authors Jan Burkins and Kari
Yates, together with co-author Katie Cunningham, extend the
conversation in Shifting the Balance 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the
Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This
new text is built in mind specifically for grades 3-5 teachers
around best practices for the intermediate classroom.Â
Shifting the Balance 3-5Â introduces six more shifts across
individual chapters that: Zoom in on a common (but not-as
helpful-as-we-had-hoped) practice to reconsider Untangle a number
of ""misunderstandings"" that have likely contributed to the use of
the common practice Propose a more science-aligned shift to the
current practice Provide solid scientific research to support the
revised practice Offer a collection of high-leverage,
easy-to-implement instructional routines to support the shift to
more brain-friendly instruction The authors offer a refreshing
approach that is respectful, accessible, and practical – grounded
in an earnest commitment to building a bridge between research and
classroom practice. As with the first Shifting the Balance,
they aim to keep students at the forefront of reading instruction.
Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly
while your students aren't even breaking a sweat? Do you ever
wonder if other teachers feels the same way you do about guided
reading-that it's not working the way you think it should? You are
not alone. There seems to be much confusion surrounding guided
reading-the term even means something different from school to
school. Now you can turn to the 50 years of collective experience
of authors Jan Burkins and Melody Croft to prevent guided reading
from going astray in your classroom. Jan and Melody present
personal clarifications, adaptations, and supports that have helped
them work through their own tricky parts as they guide readers. The
book's six chapters each clarify a misunderstanding about guided
reading instruction in the following areas: The teacher's role and
the gradual release of responsibility Instructional reading level
Text gradients Balanced instruction Integrated processing
Assessment With 27 strategies, you're sure to find the help you
need to work through your own challenges as you guide groups of
readers.
In their follow-up to `Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris
explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob
students of important learning opportunities and independence.
`Who's Doing the Work? suggests ways to make small but powerful
adjustments to instruction that hold students accountable for their
own learning.~~Educators everywhere are concerned about students
whose reading development inexplicably plateaus, as well as those
who face challenging texts without applying the strategies they've
been taught. When such problems arise, our instinct is to do more.
But when we summarize text before reading or guide students when
they encounter difficult words, are we leading them to depend on
our support? If we want students to use strategies independently,
Jan and Kim believe that we must question the ways our scaffolding
is getting in the way.~~Next generation reading instruction is
responsive to students' needs, and it develops readers who can
integrate reading strategies without prompting from instructors. In
`Who's Doing The Work?, Jan and Kim examine how instructional
mainstays such as read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and
independent reading look in classrooms where students do more of
the work. Classroom snapshots at the end of each chapter help
translate the ideas in the book into practice.~~`Who's Doing the
Work? offers a vision for adjusting reading instruction to better
align with the goal of creating independent, proficient, and joyful
readers.
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