For Introduction to Reading and Beginning Reading courses. This developmentally organized, constructivist reading methods book places the reader squarely in today's reading classroom, grounding theoretical discussion with self-regulating pedagogy and providing a wealth of actual classroom examples and activities. The result is a polished, engaging book that will quickly instill in future teachers the joy of helping children learn to read and read to learn. Follows children's literacy progress as they develop from being early readers to being interpretive readers to being independent, critically thinking readers. It weaves together a discussion of skills, strategies, and assessment procedures, and connects ideas to Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards. Developmental organization reflects the way children's literacy evolves—divides coverage into Early Readers, Interpretive Readers, and Critical Readers, addressing key literacy topics as they affect each learning stage. For future teachers who will teach beginning reading.

Becoming a Teacher of Reading: A Developmental Approach

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Lenski, Susan

Nierstheimer, Susan

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson

Improving Reading: Interventions, Strategies, and Resources W/ CD

Education & Teaching

Johns, Jerry

Schools & Teaching

Kendall/Hunt Publishing

Good learning information and help guides

Comprehension and Vocabulary Strategies for the Primary Grades

Berglund, Roberta L.

Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

Assessment Literacy: An Educator's Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12

This clear, no-nonsense book guides current and future teachers through the concepts, tools, methods, and goals of classroom literacy assessment. The expert authors examine the roles of formative, summative, and benchmark assessments; demystify state and national tests and standards; and show how assessment can seamlessly inform instruction. Strategies for evaluating, choosing, and interpreting assessments are discussed, as are ways to communicate data to parents and administrators. User-friendly resources include boxed vignettes from teachers and researchers, practical assessment tips (and traps to avoid), and 13 reproducible planning forms and handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Wolsey, Thomas DeVere

Grisham, Dana L.

The Guilford Press

This clear, no-nonsense book guides current and future teachers through the concepts, tools, methods, and goals of classroom literacy assessment. The expert authors examine the roles of formative, summative, and benchmark assessments; demystify state and national tests and standards; and show how assessment can seamlessly inform instruction. Strategies for evaluating, choosing, and interpreting assessments are discussed, as are ways to communicate data to parents and administrators. User-friendly resources include boxed vignettes from teachers and researchers, practical assessment tips (and traps to avoid), and 12 reproducible planning forms and handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

7th edition coming soon!
Improving Reading is perhaps the most comprehensive, useful reading resource available. It is full of ideas for professionals who work with whole classes, individual students, or groups of students. The eight chapters correlate with the main components of a comprehensive reading curriculum and the Common Core. Sections within each chapter provide teaching interventions, strategies, activities, and resources to help students overcome specific reading problems or to achieve the Common Core standards.
Teachers can use Improving Reading as they plan instruction for the Common Core and interventions for struggling readers using the Response to Intervention (RTI) model.
Improving Reading and the Common Core includes:
<ul>
<li>print concepts and phonological awareness</li>
<li>phonics and word recognition</li>
<li>fluency</li>
<li>vocabulary acquisition and use</li>
<li>basic comprehension skills</li>
<li>more specialized comprehension skills and strategies needed for literary (narrative) and informational (expository) texts</li>
</ul>
Improving Reading features:
<ul>
<li>a quick reference guide inside the front cover that lists 71 student behaviors in reading.</li>
<li>over 200 strategies and interventions, linked to the 71 student behaviors that can be used to help students become better readers.</li>
<li>more than 400 practice and reinforcement activities that expand the strategies and interventions to help enhance student learning.</li>
<li>specific references in each chapter to the Common Core anchor standards and Reading Foundational Skills.</li>
<li>references to reproducible student pages and teacher resources that can be printed through a dedicated website.</li>
</ul>

Improving Reading: Strategies, Resources and Common Core Connections

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Writing Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners K-8

Many English language learners (ELLs) require extra support to become successful writers. This book helps teachers understand the unique needs of ELLs and promote their achievement by adapting the effective instructional methods teachers already know. Engaging and accessible, the book features standards-based lesson planning ideas, examples of student work, and 15 reproducible worksheets, rubrics, and other useful materials. It describes ways to combine instruction in core skills with ample opportunities to write and revise in different genres. Invaluable guidance is provided for assessing ELLs' writing development at different grade levels and language proficiency levels.

Verbruggen, Frances

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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