Reading’s Non-Negotiables

Rachael Gabriel is an assistant professor of reading education at the University of Connecticut. As a researcher, Rachael has focused on teacher development and evaluation with a specific interest in related policies and a continued interest in supporting teachers' efforts to address reading difficulty.In her teaching and research, she integrates these scholarly perspectives with her experience as a former middle school teacher and literacy specialist.

• ForewordPreface, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Cycles of reading success, Chapter 1: Every reader reads something he or she chooses, Chapter 2: Every reader reads accurately, Chapter 3: Every reader reads something he or she understands, Chapter 4: Every reading intervention is balanced to incorporate meaning, Chapter 5: Every reader writes about something meaningful, Chapter 6: Every reader talks with a peer about reading and writing, Chapter 7: Every reader listens to a fluent reader read aloud, Chapter 8: Wanted: instruction wrapped in meaning, grounded in purpose, Appendices, References,

In this book, Dr. Gabriel takes the mystery out of teaching reading and adeptly describes for practitioners how to infuse seven meaningful and workable elements into their classroom reading instruction. These elements promote high-quality and differentiated instruction for all students, while offering guidelines to develop more expert teachers of reading.