What do I teach readers tomorrow?: Grades 3-8, fiction

Ch. 1 Each Classroom Moment Is an Instructional Decision

Acting Without a Script: Embracing Our Role as Improvisers

How Spontaneity Is Born

How "Thin-Slicing" Helps Us Make Decisions

Answering the "What Next?" Question

Do More With Less: Building on What a Reader Tends to Do

The Four Steps in Intentional Decision Making

Intentional Teaching: Decision Making With Students at the Center

Self-Reflection Questionnaire: What Type of Decision Maker Are You?

Decision-Making Styles

Three Common Teaching Habits

Let Students Be Your Guide

Getting Started: An Action Plan

ch. 2 Decisions About Book Selection

Characteristics That Matter Most for Teaching Fiction Readers Making a Choice to Read Aloud a Fiction Text

Thin-Slicing Fiction Texts

Picture Books and Wordless Books

Short Story Collections

Novels

Graphic Novels

Ways to Engage Students in Fiction Read Alouds

ch. 3 Decisions About Reading Notebooks Teach Readers to Develop Thinking About Fiction

Why We Really Use Writing as a Tool for Understanding

Current Reality: Why Students Write About Reading in School

Lessons That Wake Up Writing About Reading

Lessons: Starting With Why Model Why People Write About Reading

You Cot This! Affirm What Students Already Do

The Working World Interview an Older Reader

Chart It! Create an Anchor Chart of Real Reasons for Writing

Rising Tide Create an Inspiration Wall to Uplift All Students

How to Collect Thinking in Notebook Entries

Lessons: Think It, Write It! Show How to Record Thinking in a Notebook Entry

Swap Meet Students Share Notebook Entries

I Got This! Develop Coals and Intentions

Make It Mine Teach Students How to Avoid Copying From the Book

Shake It Up! Teach Students How to Take Creative Risks in Note Taking

U-Turn Teach Students When to Reread and Refine

Digging Deeper Teach Students How to Create New Entries

Self-Reflection Questionnaire: Reading Notebooks

What We Might Let Go of When Asking Students to Write About Reading

Reading Notebooks: An Action Plan

ch. 4 Decisions About Discussion HO Teach Readers to Push Their Thinking About Fiction

The Benefits: Finding What's True for Us in Texts and Life

Teach Students to Have Meaningful Conversations

Making Decisions Based on Student Conversations

Effective Fiction Conversation Characteristics

Moves for Analyzing Text in Diverse Ways

Lessons

Schmooze Teach Students How to Get the Conversational Ball Rolling

Talk Show Tricks Teach Students How to Create Plans With Partners

Bring It! Teach Students How to Use Tools to Tease Out Thinking

Extreme Sport Daring to Talk About Edgy Ideas

Drama Detectives Teach Students How to Look for Trouble in Texts

Take Off the Rose Specs Teach Students How to Spot Complexity in Characters

Self-Reflection Questionnaire: Student Conversations

What We Might Let Go of When Asking Students to Talk About Their Reading

Authentic Fiction Discussions: An Action Plan

ch. 5 Decisions About Understanding Characters Teach Readers to Empathize With Others

Why Understanding Characters Is So Important

What Other Reading Skills Fit With Understanding Characters?

Lessons: Friend or Foe Harnessing Our Natural Powers of Observation

Storytelling 101 Teach Students How Authors Show Their Opinions

Open Studio Showcase Typical Entries About Characters

What to Look for When Students Study Characters

Thin-Slicing Students' Thinking About Characters

Right-Now Thinking

Over-Time Thinking

Refining Thinking

Decide What to Teach Next

Choice 1 Name and Reinforce a Type of Thinking

Choice 2 Show a Different Type of Thinking

Choice 3 Coach Readers to Apply a Currently Used Type of Thinking in Other Sections or Books

Studying More Than One Character

Lessons: Nobody Is an Island Teach Students How to Compare Characters in the Same Text

Top Dog and Underdog Teach Students How to Examine Character Power Dynamics

Katniss [♥] Harry? Teach Students How to Compare Characters Across Different Texts

Harnessing the Power of Partnerships and Book Clubs

Understanding Characters: An Action Plan

ch. 6 Decisions About Interpreting Themes

Teach Readers to Discover Life Lessons: Why Interpreting Themes Is Important

What Other Reading Skills Fit With Interpreting Themes?

Lessons: Dog-Eared Pages Teach Students How to Introduce the Staying Power of Themes

DIY Best-Seller List Books We Love and Why We Love Them

The Gasp Factor Teach Students How to Be Open to a Text's Reality

Behind the Curtain Teach Students How to Pay Attention to the Author's Decisions

Lessons Learned Teach Students How to Gauge If the Character Is Any Wiser Now

Curve Ahead Teach Students How to Read Turning Points

All-Terrain Vehicles Spotting the Symbolic in Various Settings

What to Look for When Students Interpret Themes

Frames

Patterns

Lessons Learned

Lesson: Framed! Teach Students How to Understand More by Considering Less

Decide What to Teach Next

Choice 1 Name and Reinforce a Type of Thinking

Choice 2 Show a Different Type of Thinking

Choice 3 Coach Readers to Apply a Currently Used Type of Thinking in Other Sections or Books

Interpreting Themes in Multiple Texts

Lessons: Cross-Country Themes Teach Students How to Connect Ideas Across Texts

Mirror, Mirror Teach Students How to Set and Reflect on Goals

Interpreting Themes: An Action Plan

ch. 7 Becoming Confident and Intentional Decision Makers

Appendices

Appendix A Fiction Book Rating System

Appendix B Some Favorite Fiction Texts

Appendix C Clipboard Notes: Reading Notebook Entries

Appendix D Clipboard Notes: Student Conversations

Appendix E Understanding Characters

Appendix F Clipboard Notes: Types of Thinking About Understanding Characters

Appendix C Interpreting Themes

Appendix H Clipboard Notes: Types of Thinking About Interpreting Themes.