Catching Readers, Grade 1

Book Contents

1. Helping First Graders Who Struggle: Lessons That Sit Within Effective Reading Instruction
- How the Early Intervention in Reading Model Sits
- Within Effective Reading Instruction
- A Brief Review of the Learning-to-Read Process
- The What and How of Good First-Grade Teaching
- A Three-Day Cycle of Supplemental Instruction
- How the EIR Model Fits Within a Balanced Literacy Block

2. Meet the Teachers: The Differentiated Lessons and Teacher Collaboration That Support EIR
- The Teachers
- Sample Lessons:
* Summarizing a Story and Identifying the Author’s Message
* Teaching a Sound for the Letter I
* Differentiating Her Approach to Summarizing Narratives
- Making a Schoolwide Commitment to First-Grade Readers

3. The Three-Day Lesson Routine
- Getting Started: FAQs
- Day 1: Lesson Routine
- Day 2: Lesson Routine
- Day 3: Lesson Routine

4. Book Selection Guides and Other Lesson-Planning Resources
- Grade 1 Books: What to Look For
- Book-Related Resources to Help You Plan Lessons
- Additional Forms on the DVD

5. The Transition Phase: Helping First Graders Read Independently
- When Are Students Ready?
- February–May: How the Three-Day Routine Changes
- Steps for Coaching Pairs of Students
- The End Goal: Building Reading Stamina over the Summer
- Additional Strategies for Word Recognition Instruction
- Using Oral Reading Analysis to Target Your Teaching During the Transition Phase
- Summary

6. Assessing First Graders in EIR
- Fall Assessments
- Assessing Students’ Progress in Reading During the School Year
- Spring Assessments
- Summary

7. Managing Your Reading Block with EIR
- Reading Block Schedules: Examples of Effective Balance
- Independent Activities
- Additional Forms on the DVD

8. Creating an EIR Community
- Overview of Monthly EIR Meetings
- Agendas for Monthly Meetings
- Training One-on-One Coaches
- Summary

DVD Contents

See-It-in-Action Video Clips

Day 1 Lesson:
- Reading an Old Story
- Decoding Strategies
- Reading the New Story
- Coaching for Comprehension
- Sound Boxes
- Making Words
- Sorting Words

Day 2 Lesson:
Rereading Newest Story
Coaching for Comprehension
Sentence Writing

Day 3 Lesson:
- Rereading Old Stories
- Partner Reading
- Coaching for Comprehension
- Sentence Writing: Fall
- Sentence Writing: Winter
- Transition Phase: Independent Reading.

Downloadable Classroom Reproducibles
- Over 100 pages of full-size forms and teaching resources.

“Consider daily life for a child struggling with reading. Imagine what it is like to go through school day after day feeling that you are bad at the one thing that schools seem to value most. Barbara Taylor brings decades of research and development to the question of how to help struggling readers become successful. The Catching Readers series could not come at a more important time, as RTI leads schools to invest more than ever in small-group reading instruction.” Nell Duke, Michigan State University

“Barbara Taylor’s approach gives struggling readers second reading lessons right in the classroom—not in some room down the hall. With details, specifics, and examples that only someone who has spent many hours in the classroom could know, Barbara guides you step by step through her proven, three-day lesson sequence.” Patricia Cunningham, Wake Forest University