How are the best teachers in our nation reaching students? This one-of-a-kind educational resource provides ideas from 43 of the best teachers in the country
Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do
β Scribed by Randi Stone
- Publisher
- Corwin Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 177
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
With 40 classroom-tested strategies from award-winning teachers, this book offers guidance for teaching reading to elementary and secondary learners with diverse learning styles and abilities.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover Page......Page 1
Other Corwin Press Books by Randi Stone......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 9781412924580......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
About the Author......Page 14
About the Contributors......Page 16
PART I Reading in Kβ6 Classrooms......Page 26
Reading From the First Day of School......Page 27
Ten Steps to Great Readers......Page 31
All for the Love of Reading: A Book Is a Gift......Page 35
Establishing a Summer Reading Program......Page 38
Teaching Reading Strategies Through the Analysis of Visual Art......Page 46
Using "Word Work" to Improve Decoding......Page 55
Reading Aloud: Comprehending, Not Word Calling......Page 64
Comprehension: Making Connections to Text......Page 69
Incorporating Drama and Writing: Performing a Mystery Play......Page 75
Social Studies: Reading About Life in the 1800s......Page 79
Social Studies: Reading theVietnam MemorialWall......Page 82
To Read or Not to Read: Shakespeare With Fourth Graders......Page 84
Reaching Fifth Graders With Novel Study......Page 89
Reading Kinesthetically......Page 94
Reading and Writing: A Reciprocal Process......Page 97
Reading Beyond the Lines: Students WithAutistic Disorders......Page 101
Encouraging Biliteracy......Page 104
PART II Reading in Grades 7β12......Page 108
Reflective Practice in the Teaching of Adolescent Reading......Page 109
I Hate Reading!......Page 115
The "I Hate Reading" Club......Page 119
You Simply Need to Love It!......Page 122
Digging Deeper for Comprehension......Page 125
Using Wonder Journals to Teach Research Reading and Writing Skills......Page 129
Make It Your Own! A Vocabulary Activity......Page 136
Teaching Reading in the Math Classroom......Page 141
Reading the Language of Mathematics......Page 144
"Who in the World Are You?" An Interdisciplinary Project......Page 147
Using Self-Publishing as a Gateway for Critical Reading......Page 152
Score a BINGO in Reading......Page 156
Short-Cycle Assessment in a Reading Workshop: A Collaboration Between Teacher and Student......Page 160
Index......Page 170
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