Introducing a New Storybook to Young Readers

Assisting Older Students to Read Expositorytext in a Tutorial Setting: A Case for a High-Impact Intervention

“…A skilled teacher will nd ways to help students use relevant knowledge in order to make the text more accessible (Clay, 1991a). Students must understand that expository texts are likely to contain new information and that this provides a reason to 130 J .…”

Coaching Literacy Teachers as They Design Critical Literacy Practices

“…Mary noted that Martin seemed to be interested in issues of social class and poverty. Knowing that Martin's motivation to read about issues of poverty could not occur in the absence of competence with reading strategies (Guthrie & Wigfield, 1999), Mary brought these books into his instructional level by continually debugging the text with Martin as he read (Clay, 1991). Mary explained how the design of their community project-a food drive for people living in poverty-came to life as they were looking through the pictures Martin had taken in his community.…”

AILEM Programme: a long‐term intervention to promote literacy learning in low‐performing primary schools in Chile

“…3. Guided reading: the teacher provides an introduction to the text and then observes the students as they read, assisting them in the problem-solving experience so as to promote future use of these skills (Clay, 1991a(Clay, , 1991bLyons et al, 1993;Fountas & Pinnell, 1996). 4.…”

“…4. Independent reading: opportunities for independent reading should be part of each stage of students' literacy development, with familiar texts that students know from their reading aloud, shared reading and guided reading experiences (Clay, 1991b;Taylor, 1993). 5.…”