Introduction Chapter 1: Disrupting Pedagogy: Prioritizing Students in the Shadows of Shame Chapter 2: Mentoring Readers: Why You Matter Most of All Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Reader: Identity, Experience, and Mirrors Chapter 4: Reading for Themselves: Helping Students Claim their Reading Independence Chapter 5: Pathways Toward Comprehension: Using Reader Perceptions Strategically Chapter 6: Rethinking Intervention: When It's Time to Go "Eye to Eye, Knee to Knee" Chapter 7: Finding the Reader Through Writing About Reading Afterword
Description
Justin Stygles has served readers as an intermediate and middle grades teacher for nineteen years. For many years he taught grades 4-6 in rural and coastal Maine schools. His other experiences include working in summer literacy programs in rural, suburban, and private schools. He currently teaches fourth grade in Portland, Maine. Justin is from a military background and graduated with an associate degree in harness racing before becoming an educator. He's served on committees with the International Literacy Association and National Council of Teachers of English. Previous publications include articles Literacy Today, Voices from the Middle, and Hoof Beats. I Hate Reading is his first professional book.