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Lamping, Sally; Blase, Dean Woodring – Teachers College Press, 2012
This innovative guide shows teachers how to transform high-school English students into passionate readers with a trust-based approach that honors both student choice and teacher expertise. The authors begin with a series of reflective invitations to help teachers rediscover trust in themselves and in their students. The book offers methods for…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Independent Reading, English Instruction, Thematic Approach
Schoenbach, Ruth; Greenleaf, Cynthia; Murphy, Lynn – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
Published in partnership with WestEd, this significantly updated second edition of the bestselling book contains strategies for helping students in middle school through community college gain the reading independence to master subject area textbooks and other material. Features of this book include: (1) Based on the Reading Apprenticeship…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Textbooks, Reading Improvement, Reading Achievement
Fountas, Irene C.; Pinnell, Gay Su – 2001
Exploring all the essential components of a quality upper elementary literacy program, this book is a resource for fostering success that will enable students to enjoy a future filled with literacy journeys. Sections of the book address: special help for struggling readers and writers; a basic structure of the literacy program within a framework…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Literature Appreciation
Spiegel, Dixie Lee – 1981
Intended for classroom teachers and administrators who want their schools to reflect commitment to the idea that reading for pleasure is an essential part of every successful reading program, this book provides suggestions by which educators can coordinate their efforts with librarians and parents to get children to read voluntarily. The book is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Guidelines, Independent Reading, Program Development
Scala, Marilyn C. – 2001
This book is about meeting the needs of all students--especially those in the intermediate grades with mild to moderate disabilities who need special education services--by teaching them in inclusive, general education classrooms where literacy is a personal, academic, and social event in which children are immersed all day. The book tells about…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Independent Reading
Au, Kathryn H.; And Others – 1995
This book shows elementary school teachers how to help students become confident readers and writers who can use skills they acquire throughout their lives, from a constructivist orientation. It is intended as a main text for an introductory course on elementary-school reading instruction, typically taken by undergraduates in their second or third…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy