When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12 (edition 2002)

by Kylene Beers

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For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced in 1979 when she met and began teaching a boy named George. When George's parents asked her to explain why he couldn't read and how she could help, Beers, a secondary certified English teacher with no background in reading, realized she had little to offer. That moment sent her on a twenty-three-year search for answers to the question: How do we help middle and high schoolers who can't read? Now, she shares what she has learned and shows teachers how to help struggling readers with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation. Filled with student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive booklists, Beers' guide to teaching reading both instructs and inspires.… (more)

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Title:	When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12
Authors:	Kylene Beers
Info:	Heinemann (2002), Paperback, 400 pages
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Simply one of the best books available on the subject: I've used its methods and prescriptions extensively in my own practice of teaching struggling high schoolers in a public school.

Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |

Another manual full of useful strategies for teaching struggling readers; Beers' name is bandied about in English teaching circles as being the authority on the subject. While some of the asides to her former student George are overly sentimental, the point is not lost that we need to take a systematic approach to improving our students' reading comprhension, at risk of leaving them unequipped with the skills necessary to function in a democracy. (

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jonbrammer | Jul 1, 2023 |

I've only skimmed this so far, and already I can't wait to use some of its activities when my students start reading Julius Caesar. It's really going to help out my lower-level readers, and I think it will improve my more advanced students' metacognitive skills. Hurrah! (

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LibroLindsay | Jun 18, 2021 |

A full course in teaching dependent readers to be independent and skillful readers. Worth close study. Clear and thorough. (

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dmturner | Jun 29, 2020 |

This is my second time reading this. It's exceptionally readable, varying appropriately between conversational, anecdotal, and scholarly. It offers a great deal of research alongside personal reflection and experience. Most of the ideas presented are usable outside the prescribed 6-12 grade level demographic. Within the chapters and the appendixes are many useful worksheets, assessments, word lists, ideas, etc. A very good book. (

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This book is dedicated to Bonnie singer, my mom, for being a lighthouse in my life; Ed Farrell for remaining my teacher long after the semester ended; and George for showing me what happens when kids can't read.

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For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced in 1979 when she met and began teaching a boy named George. When George's parents asked her to explain why he couldn't read and how she could help, Beers, a secondary certified English teacher with no background in reading, realized she had little to offer. That moment sent her on a twenty-three-year search for answers to the question: How do we help middle and high schoolers who can't read? Now, she shares what she has learned and shows teachers how to help struggling readers with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation. Filled with student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive booklists, Beers' guide to teaching reading both instructs and inspires.

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How do we help middle and high schoolers who can't read? Kylene Beers shares what she has learned and shows teachers how to help struggling readers with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation. Including student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive booklists, this book offers educators practical classroom skills and strategies that can provide struggling readers with the instruction necessary to become empowered, comprehending readers.

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