The Massive Literacy Challenge Nobody’s Talking About
A Distillation of Reading Comprehension
The Overskillification of Reading
1 The Sound of Reading—Decoding and Phonics
Phonics: How to Teach It Effectively
Best Practice: Reading to Students—Crucial, but Often Neglected
Classroom Applications for Teachers
2 The Look of Reading—Vocabulary
Reading: The Brain’s Letterbox
Methods: How Students Can Do All This Reading
Vocabulary: The Building Blocks of Conceptual Knowledge
Classroom Applications for Teachers
3 The Knowingness of Reading—Background Knowledge
Knowledge: A Million Miles Wide, Inches Deep
Baseball and Background Knowledge
What Baffles Teachers About Curriculum
Writing: The Litmus Paper of Thought
Classroom Applications for Teachers
Classroom Applications for Teachers
Conclusion: The Promise of Literacy Reframed
The Many Gifts of Literacy Reframed
One More Glimpse Into a Literacy Reframed Classroom
About the Authors
Robin J. Fogarty, PhD, is president of Robin Fogarty & Associates as a leading educational consultant. She works with educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies. Working as an author and consultant, she works with students at all levels, from kindergarten to college. Her roles include school administrator, and consultant with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, South Korea, and the Netherlands.
Robin has written articles for Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, and the Journal of Staff Development. She is author of Brain-Compatible Classrooms, 10 Things New Teachers Need to Succeed, and Literacy Matters: Strategies Every Teacher Can Use. She is coauthor of How to Integrate the Curricula, The Adult Learner: Some Things We Know, A Look at Transfer: Seven Strategies That Work, Close the Achievement Gap: Simple Strategies That Work, Twelve Brain Principles That Make the Difference, Nine Best Practices That Make the Difference, Informative Assessment: When It’s Not About a Grade, Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A Professional Learning Communities Approach, Invite! Excite! Ignite! 13 Principles for Teaching, Learning, and Leading, K–12, and The Right to Be Literate: 6 Essential Literacy Skills. Her work also includes a leadership series titled From Staff Room to Classroom: The One-Minute Professional Development Planner and School Leader’s Guide to the Common Core. Her most recent works include Unlocking Student Talent: The New Science of Developing Expertise and the second edition of How to Teach Thinking Skills.
Robin earned a doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University Chicago, a master’s in instructional strategies from National Louis University, and a bachelor’s in early childhood education from the State University of New York at Potsdam.
To learn more about Robin’s work, visit www.robinfogarty.com or follow @robinfogarty or @RFATeachPD on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.