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Raising Up Readers
Twenty-Five Scaffolding Strategies to Help Students Access Challenging Text
This practical guide offers K–5 teachers, coaches, and leaders 25 strategies to boost student literacy achievement. Organized into before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading text scaffolding strategies, these methods advocate for engaging all students in challenging texts. Learn how to adapt these strategies for whole-class, small-group, and partner instruction.
Twenty-five scaffolding strategies for literacy achievement
In this practical guide, educators learn 25 ready-to-use, research-based teaching strategies aligned to the science of reading to scaffold learning from grade-level texts for a range of readers to accelerate literacy achievement. These strategies can be used in whole- or small-group instruction before, during, and after reading to increase each student’s opportunity to grow.
Grades K–5 teachers, instructional coaches, and reading specialists can use this book to:
- Plan effective scaffolds for grade-level texts that challenge students and encourage growth
- Employ a versatile array of strategies to promote active engagement with literacy
- Provide engaging, research-based strategies that increase student learning and comprehension
- Readily adapt strategies to meet both individual and classwide challenges and needs
- Ensure all students achieve the established literacy standards for their grade level
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“For years, we thought leveled texts were the answer. Now we know that all students need access to rich, challenging texts to grow as readers. But how do we support them? This book lights the way. Teachers will cheer for the practical strategies and clear, step-by-step guidance to make complex texts accessible for all learners. Raising Up Readers is a book teachers will keep close as their go-to resource for scaffolding complex texts."
“Raising Up Readers is a must-read if you're looking for answers on how to support students in reading challenging texts. Throndsen offers twenty-five scaffolding strategies that are practical, evidence-based, and thoughtfully designed for real classrooms. Each strategy includes clear steps, classroom examples, and tips for seamless implementation—making them both effective and manageable, even for the busiest teachers. With a strong focus on student engagement, support for multilingual learners, and equitable access to complex texts, this book is a powerful guide for transforming how students interact with literacy.”
“I literally visit thousands of classrooms each year with an eye on literacy instruction. What is typically missing are students actually reading text! Educators sense the very real gap between students’ abilities to read complex text and their own abilities to scaffold complex text. Throndsen’s incredibly insightful book, Raising Up Readers, takes away the mystery of getting students in complex text and ensures that all educators can significantly support students’ abilities to accelerate their reading growth. This book will become a well-worn resource in every teacher’s toolbox.”
