Written in Calkins' graceful and passionate style, The Art of Teaching Reading serves as an eloquent and desperately needed reminder of what matters most in teaching. 
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<li> Incredibly valuable resource for current and future teachers and educators. </li> <li> Offers a wealth of practical classroom examples to demonstrate principles and methods in practice. </li> <li> "I can think of no one in New York City who is more trusted by school people than Lucy," - Judith Rizzo, Deputy Chancellor for Instruction, New York City Board of Education. </li> </ul> In The Art of Teaching Reading, nationally acclaimed educator Lucy Calkins offers a compelling glimpse into the methods, insights and day-to-day classroom practices which have helped hundreds of teachers do more in the teaching of reading than most dreamt possible. This is the story of brilliant teachers whose children learn to read with eagerness and to talk and write in stunning ways about their reading. Full of inspirational classroom stories, The Art of Teaching Reading is even more powerful when one considers that the methods Calkins describes are transforming teaching practices across the largest school district in the world. Lucy Calkins is a Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and an acclaimed speaker, with frequent keynote addresses at conferences across the country. She is also the author (or co-author) of numerous books, including the best-selling sister volume, The Art of Teaching Writing (Heinemann), Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parents' Guide (Perseus Books), and A Teacher's Guide to Standardized Reading Tests: Knowledge is Power (Heinemann).

The Art of Teaching Reading

Education & Teaching

Calkins, Lucy McCormick

Schools & Teaching

PRENTICE/HALL

Calkins, Lucy Mccormick. Units of Study for Primary Writing, 4. Paperback: 120 pages Publisher: Heinemann (2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0325005273

The Craft of Revision

Bleichman, Pat

Reference

Heinemann

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Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Nonfiction Writing: Procedures and Reports

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Following Characters into Meaning: Envisionment, Prediction, and Inference

Unknown

Discusses the motivations for writing and how teachers can make use of them in class, provides advice on teaching writing to each elementary grade, and covers writing conferences, the role of the teacher, and other aspects

THE ART OF TEACHING WRITING (CLOTH)

Words, Language & Grammar

Living Between the Lines is a heartening invitation to bring new life into reading-writing workshops. Calkins has woven insights, practical suggestions, references, and anecdotes into this inspirational story of a community of educators who have pushed back the frontiers of what we know about teaching writing and reading. Personal in approach and comprehensive in presentation, this book includes: 08538 the story of how writers' notebooks and a new attention to rehearsal have led to important revisions in many writing workshops major chapters on establishing courses of study in which children read and write memoir, nonfiction, and picturebooks a new look at the qualities of good writing and ways we can help children grow into them references to the best of children's literature and to ways these books can enrich our classrooms an invitation to pioneer new ideas about conferring, record keeping, mini-lessons, and organizational

Living Between the Lines

Irwin Pub

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