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Direct linkMorrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Gambrell, Linda B., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2018
Many tens of thousands of preservice and inservice teachers have relied on this highly regarded text from leading experts, now in a revised and updated sixth edition. The latest knowledge about literacy teaching and learning is distilled into flexible strategies for helping all PreK-12 learners succeed. The book addresses major components of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Evidence Based Practice
Peer reviewedJenkins, Shawyn – Reading Teacher, 2009
The debate continues as to whether the underachievement of boys has reached "crisis" levels. Therefore, in an effort to increase the achievement of male readers, this article provides five teacher recommendations from the perspective of Derek, a sixth grade struggling reader. Derek is a soft-spoken, amiable African American who has consistently…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Males
Scaglione, Joanne; Small, Gail – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
Life's Little Lessons is a delightful and humorous story about a caterpillar named Cyrano and his misadventures. In school he struggles, at times he gives up, until one day he discovers that he and only he is in charge of his own happiness. Children, will easily identify with Cyrano, his feelings and his flight, as they learn that although life…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Young Children, Childrens Literature, Reading Motivation
Download full textKirschner, Becky M. – Educational Horizons, 2004
In the early 1980s, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) revised its policies on reading instruction. A new transactional definition of reading shifted the emphasis from discrete reading skills to comprehension and set out objectives consistent with that new definition. Policymakers also revised the state?s reading-evaluation instruments,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Academic Standards, Reading Motivation
Guthrie, John T., Ed.; Wigfield, Allan, Ed.; Perencevich, Kathleen C., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) is a unique, classroom-tested model of reading instruction that breaks new ground by explicitly showing how content knowledge, reading strategies, and motivational support all merge in successful reading instruction. A theoretical perspective (engagement in reading) frames the book and provides a…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Motivation
Ammon, Bette D.; Sherman, Gale W. – 1996
Innovative librarians, teachers, and parents have for years been using picture books with students in grades four and above, including high school and college students. Recent research suggests that many students comprehend better when they are reading meaningful text, with meaningful characters and themes. Picture books are: useful for teaching…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Ruddell, Robert B., Ed.; Unrau, Norman J., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2004
For years this landmark book has helped educators, graduate students, and researchers shape their curriculum and stay informed about the latest developments in literacy research and instruction. This fifth edition continues the book's tradition of exemplary scholarship and remains a resource for the most innovative thinking in the field. Although…
Descriptors: Reading, Models, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
