Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Materials and instruction for reading. Baltimore, MD: Author. 

Instructional Approaches and Practices

• “Motivating Students to Read”
  Linda Gambrell shares research-based strategies for increasing students’ motivation to read.
   
• “Word Study Activities”
  Teachers demonstrate word study activities in the primary grades, and Dr. Donald Bear discusses the use of word sorts and other word study activities.
   
• “Pre-Reading Think-Aloud”
  A third-grade teacher reflects on a lesson in which she uses a think aloud to model how she activates prior knowledge, or schema, before reading to increase word recognition and comprehension with informational text.
   
• “Virtual Field Experience™: Content Area DRTA—Part 2”
  Dr. Donald Bear reflects on the during-reading portion of a content area–directed reading-thinking activity he conducted with a group of fourth-grade struggling readers.
   
• “Thinking Critically About Text”
  A second-grade teacher engages students in thinking critically about an author’s purpose in including specific characters in a narrative text and about how an adult other than a parent can have a positive influence on a child’s life.
   
• “Responding Personally to Text”
  A second-grade teacher engages students in responding to text from a personal perspective.
   
• “Talking About Books”
  Teacher Donalyn Miller discusses the importance of providing time for students to talk about the books they read.
   
• “Modeling a Love of Reading”
  Teacher Donalyn Miller explains how she models enthusiastic and joyful reading for her students.