When students say that reading is boring, difficult, overwhelming, or they cannot find a good book, it is almost impossible to sell them on the idea that reading is fun and worthwhile. Sometimes Reading is Hard shows teachers how to develop the skills students need to be successful and how to cultivate passionate, lifelong readers. Classroom vignettes, promising practices, and step-by-step activities illustrate how teachers can weave teaching the skills of reading, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency with real reasons to read. When students want to read and they enjoy it, their reading skills improve. With the right motivation, any student can become an enthusiastic reader.

Key Selling Points

Provides evidence and examples of relationship between developing skills and becoming successful, capable readers Explores building confidence in reading by giving students choice, skills, and opportunities to talk about their reading Describes how to weave decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency with the reasons that students want to read
Offers annotated lists of exemplary children’s literature to inspire young readers The author’s book From Your Child’s Teacher won the Parent’s Guide award