Cris T Tovani taught elementary school for ten years before becoming a high school reading specialist and English teacher. In In addition to teaching full-time, full-time, she is a nationally known known consultant focusing on issues of reading and content comprehension in in the high school classroom. Cris has also worked for many years as a staff developer for the Denver-based-based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), the consortium that that has received national acclaim for its work in in r reading comprehension reform. She is the author of the book I Read It, It, but I don’t Get It (Stenhouse(Stenhouse 2000).

• 1: Introduction: “I'm the Stupid Lady from Denver …”; 2: The “So What?” of Reading Comprehension; 3: Parallel Experiences: Tapping the Mother Lode; 4: Real Rigor: Connecting Students with Accessible Text; 5: “Why Am I Reading This?”; 6: Holding Thinking to Remember and Reuse; 7: Group Work That Grows Understanding; 8: “What Do I Do with All These Sticky Notes?” Assessment That Drives Instruction; 9: “Did I Miss Anything? Did I Miss Everything?” Last Thoughts

"All in all, Tovani has written a nicely approachable book that practices what she preaches. Do I Really Have to Teach Reading isn't just about teaching students, but about teaching ourselves." - Education Review"A wonderful resource." - School Library Journal

Cris T Tovani taught elementary school for ten years before becoming a high school reading specialist and English teacher. In In addition to teaching full-time, full-time, she is a nationally known known consultant focusing on issues of reading and content comprehension in in the high school classroom. Cris has also worked for many years as a staff developer for the Denver-based-based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), the consortium that that has received national acclaim for its work in in r reading comprehension reform. She is the author of the book I Read It, It, but I don’t Get It (Stenhouse(Stenhouse 2000).

• 1: Introduction: “I'm the Stupid Lady from Denver …”; 2: The “So What?” of Reading Comprehension; 3: Parallel Experiences: Tapping the Mother Lode; 4: Real Rigor: Connecting Students with Accessible Text; 5: “Why Am I Reading This?”; 6: Holding Thinking to Remember and Reuse; 7: Group Work That Grows Understanding; 8: “What Do I Do with All These Sticky Notes?” Assessment That Drives Instruction; 9: “Did I Miss Anything? Did I Miss Everything?” Last Thoughts

"All in all, Tovani has written a nicely approachable book that practices what she preaches. Do I Really Have to Teach Reading isn't just about teaching students, but about teaching ourselves." - Education Review"A wonderful resource." - School Library Journal

Cris T Tovani taught elementary school for ten years before becoming a high school reading specialist and English teacher. In In addition to teaching full-time, full-time, she is a nationally known known consultant focusing on issues of reading and content comprehension in in the high school classroom. Cris has also worked for many years as a staff developer for the Denver-based-based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), the consortium that that has received national acclaim for its work in in r reading comprehension reform. She is the author of the book I Read It, It, but I don’t Get It (Stenhouse(Stenhouse 2000).

• 1: Introduction: “I'm the Stupid Lady from Denver …”; 2: The “So What?” of Reading Comprehension; 3: Parallel Experiences: Tapping the Mother Lode; 4: Real Rigor: Connecting Students with Accessible Text; 5: “Why Am I Reading This?”; 6: Holding Thinking to Remember and Reuse; 7: Group Work That Grows Understanding; 8: “What Do I Do with All These Sticky Notes?” Assessment That Drives Instruction; 9: “Did I Miss Anything? Did I Miss Everything?” Last Thoughts

"All in all, Tovani has written a nicely approachable book that practices what she preaches. Do I Really Have to Teach Reading isn't just about teaching students, but about teaching ourselves." - Education Review"A wonderful resource." - School Library Journal