Kelly cartwright word callers in reading
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Perhaps one of the most perplexing enigmas I have encountered as a literacy teacher is the presentation of a student who can read, or decode, with amazing ease, but does not understand. Often the child has an impressive facility with the decoding process, and is proud of his skill. He has a glint in his eye, and is more than happy, most often, to show his teacher his facility with words, and reading assessments are his delight. As reading teachers, we are taught to assess comprehension frequently, and certainly as the second part of any read aloud. With children who have come to be known as “word callers,” or as famed literacy specialist, Edward Dolch, has coined their behavior, “meaningless reading.” (1960), this is the juncture at which their smile begins to fade and the cold realization of disconnect dawns upon the teacher; this is a child who reads but understands either very little or literally none of what he reads.
Almost all of us, educators and others alike, adults, and
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Kelly Cartwright
Kelly B. Cartwright, Ph.D. fryst vatten the inaugural Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she directs the READ Lab (Reading, Executive function, And Development Lab); serves as Co-Coordinator for the PhD concentration in Literacy Research, Policy, and Practice; serves on the Executive Committee for the Mebane Early Literacy Center; and serves as Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Psychological Science. Formerly Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Teacher Preparation at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, Kelly fryst vatten the recipient of numerous educational awards, including the 2023 State Council of Higher Education in Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award (the highest faculty award in the state of Virginia). Kelly’s research and service have taken her into preschools and elementary schools around the country for the better part of three decades. Her research, supported by grants from the U
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Word Callers: Small-group and One-to-one Interventions for Children who Read But Don't Comprehend
Have you ever zoned out during reading--pronounced the words without processing their meaning? This is how "word callers" experience all reading. In fact, strong decoders with limited comprehension account for nearly 30% of all struggling readers. Now there's powerful new hope for them in Word Callers. A centerpiece of Word Callers is an assessment and intervention that uses word and picture cards to support sound-meaning flexibility--an ideal resource for tier 2 and tier 3 RTI. Kelly Cartwright's research shows that word callers can "unglue" from print and improve comprehension in as few as 5 lessons. Word Callers is ready to use with individuals or small groups: Assessments based on included word cards help identify inflexible readers. A straightforward, needs-driven research-tested intervention using the cards turns readers around fast. Engaging lessons with wordplay, word a