1. Upfront Readings and Professional Learning Communities: (Optional for those taking the summer
institute for Act 48 credits.) Please see the two suggested titles below for each Essential Reading book.
Monday Panel Discussion:
Essential Readings on Comprehension:
• Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Lapp, D. (2008). Shared readings: Modeling comprehension,
vocabulary, text structures, and text features for older readers. The Reading Teacher, 61,
548-557.
• Gambrell, L.B. (2005). Reading, literature, reading text, reading the Internet: The times
they are a’ changing. The Reading Teacher, 58, 588-590.
Essential Readings on Early Literacy:
• Santoro, L.E., Chard, D.J., Howard, L. & Baker, S.K. (2008). Making the Very Most of
Classroom Read-Alouds to Promote Comprehension and Vocabulary. The Reading
Teacher, 61(5), 396-408.
• Gibson, Sharan A. (2008). An Effective Framework for Primary-Grade Guided Writing
Instruction. The Reading Teacher, 62(4), 324-334.
Essential Readings on Fluency:
• Allington, R.L. (1983). Fluency: The neglected reading goal. The Reading Teacher, 36,
556-561.
• Rasinski, T. V. (1989). Fluency for everyone: Incorporating fluency in the classroom. The
Reading Teacher, 42, 690–693.
Tuesday Panel Discussion:
Essential Readings on Motivation:
• Wigfield, A. (1997). Children's Motivations for Reading and Reading Engagement.
Reading engagement: Motivating readers through integrated instruction (pp. 14 – 33).
• Gambrell, L.B. & Marinak, B. A. (2008) Intrinsic Motivation and Rewards: What
Sustains Young Children's Engagement With Text? Literacy Research and Instruction,
47(1), 9 – 26.
Essential Readings on Struggling Learners:
• Riddle-Buly & Valencia (2004). Behind the test scores. Reading Teacher, 57(6), 520-531.
• Walczyk, J.J., & Griffith-Ross, D.A. (2007, March). How Important Is Reading Skill
Fluency for Comprehension?. The Reading Teacher, 60(6), 560–569.
Essential Readings on Vocabulary Instruction:
• Helman. English Words Needed: Creating Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction for
English Learners, pp. 124-140.
• Baumann, Ware, & Edwards. "Bumping Into Spicy, Tasty Words That Catch Your
Tongue": A Formative Experiment on Vocabulary Instruction, pp. 153-169.