How to Teach Reading When You're Not a Reading Teacher

Many middle grades teachers are surprised to find some of their new students have difficulty reading or do not know how to read at all. Rarely are teachers trained to address the fundamentals of reading instruction, and most assume that teaching reading is the sole job of elementary-level reading teachers. However, today's middle grades teachers realize that regardless of what subject they teach, they must adopt the attitude that any child with a reading disability is one thing: their responsibility. The good news is that many teachers already use reading strategies without realizing it. Every time a teacher breaks down a textbook into manageable units, highlights or previews the features of a textbook, or provides specific content-related vocabulary before giving an assignment, that teacher is modeling a reading strategy. This book was written to reinforce those already-used strategies, and to provide teachers -- in all subject areas -- with new, practical approaches for teaching students how to read. For any teacher who has a student who cannot read, for any teacher who has never been taught how to teach reading, and for any teacher who loves their students and wants all of them to be successful in life, How to Teach Reading When You're Not A Reading Teacher is a tool every middle grades teacher will find invaluable.