Fast, effective, research-based

interventions for struggling readers

Have you ever zoned out during readingpronounced the words, without processing
their meaning? This is how word callers experience all reading. In fact, strong decoders
with limited comprehension account for nearly a third of all struggling readers.
Now theres powerful new hope for them in Word Callers.
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Word callers are so focused

on letters and decoding that their

minds dont knit together the
meaning of the words they are
reading. The diverse interventions
in this book all address this
inflexibility, helping these children
become better able to process
meaning alongside letter-sound
information.

Kelly Cartwright

Grades 15 / 978-0-325-02693-0 / 2010 / 192pp / $25.00

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Dedicated to Teachers

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When you see children transform from

just reading words to understanding text and
enjoying reading, youll see how much hope
there is for your Word Callers.

A centerpiece of Word Callers is an assessment and

intervention developed by Kelly Cartwright that uses word
and picture cards to measure and support readers soundmeaning flexibilityan ideal resource for Tier 2 and
Tier 3 RTI instruction. Kellys research shows that your
word callers can unglue from print and improve their
comprehension in as few as 5 lessons.
With Word Callers youll help students in individual
or small-group settings begin to make meaning and then
build on their newfound skill:
nA
 ssessments based on included word cards help
identify inflexible readers.
nS
 traightforward, research-tested interventions help
turn readers around fast.
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 ngaging lessons with wordplay, word and picture
cards, comprehension strategies, and more support
the transition from word callers into full-time meaning
makers.

Kelly Cartwrights research-

testedinterventions finally help

us meet word callers specific
needs and transform our ability
to reach them.

Nell K. Duke

Michigan State University

My hope in writing Word Callers, writes Kelly Cartwright, is to share insights into what
makes word callers tick, as well as effective interventions that can help these children learn to
enjoy the rich meaningful world of reading that they are missing. Her research has long focused
on the importance of flexible thinking for skilled comprehension, and her word-and-picture card
assessment and intervention developed as she observed that some students could read fluently
but had surprising difficulty focusing on meaning. Kelly is Associate Professor in the Department
of Psychology and in the Teacher Preparation Department at Christopher Newport University,
where she teaches courses in childrens thinking, learning, and reading. She is editor of Literacy Processes: Cognitive
Flexibility in Learning and Teaching.

Dedicated to Teachers

Visit www.heinemann.com to read Sample Chapters of our books and order online.
To order by phone call 800.225.5800 or fax 877.231.6980.