Research has shown that readers who engage in regular repeated readings improve their word recognition, reading rate, comprehension, and overall reading proficiency. As students regularly read and perform these age-appropriate texts, they improve their decoding, interpretation, and ultimately comprehension of the materials. Since the selections are engaging and enjoyable, students will want to ...
An excellent supplementary resource for school teachers, tutors, and home schoolers alike
+ A must read!
In From Phonics To Fluency: Effective Teaching Of Decoding And Reading Fluency In The Elementary School, Kent State University academicians Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak collaborate to provide the reader with successful teaching strategies, elucidated in detail, to help young people understand ...
We often must chose a book that's an easy read, or a book with a clear research base. This book does both. A great read for anyone looking to have a successful literacy program in elementary schools. Walpole and McKenna get past the buzzwords and provide concrete examples that will help students.
This is the best poem book I have ever seen. They are high-interest poems with an appropriate illustration on each page. I teach 2nd grade but use this book for my higher readers. I also have the 1st-2nd grade equivalent for my approaching and grade-level readers.
EXCELLENT and practical resource with ideas you can start using TODAY!
This book is easy to read and loaded with practical, easy- to- use ideas to support instruction of comprehension, fluency, vocabulary and phonics. The BEST part are pages 10-18, which is an "If/Then" chart related to reading behaviors. For example, "IF a child reads orally, but struggles to ...
I own a number of Patricia Cunningham's books. I use many of her techniques. But this book is the best of the "Making Words" series for teachers who want a 'systematic sequential' plan. Other Making Words books seem to be for better spellers. My students needed the careful pacing, beginning ...
I was very pleased with my purchase. The book was in excellent condition, and I received it in an appropriate time. I would definitely recommend this seller to future buyers. A+++!
The fluent reader, 7 x 9, 192 pages, for grades 1-8 Oral reading strategies for building word recognition, fluency and comprehension. Reference Book Type: Teacher``s Guide; Subjects: Reading; Age Recommendation: Grades 1-8; Language(s): N\A. - SHS 0439332087, SHS-0439332087, SHS, 0439332087 - 0.75 lbs
Review from Reading in a Foreign Language V29(1) April 2007
+ Great
Reviewed by
Yurika Iwahori
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
United States
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Fluency Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices, edited by Rasinski, Blachowicz, and Lems, is a comprehensive book about reading fluency that presents an overview of history, theory, instructions, programs, ...
I have just completed my first year as a Literacy Coach. I had an opportunity to read Cathy Toll's book this summer. It really gave insight to the role and responsibilities of a literacy coach. The book serves as an excellent resource.
Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies, Grade 3-8, Softcover / Help students learn how to read better with the powerful technique that makes the reading process come alive for kids. Model predicting, inferring, visualizing, summarizing, making connections to real life and more. Reference Book Type: Teacher\``s Guide; Subjects: Comprehensions; Age Recommendation: Grades 3-8; ...
+ Mosaic of Thought : Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop
As an educator, I try to look for teacher's literature that goes beyond the worksheets and attempts to get at the belief system and structure of what is considered "best practices" in education. This book challenges teachers to delve/question their belief systems, practices and own schema to help ...
Recent school reform efforts have emphasized the need for higher literacy standards in schools across the country. Offering practical guidance for literacy educators, curriculum development specialists, and other education professionals and policy makers, this volume considers how we can most effectively improve the quality and content of reading and writing instruction. Leading researchers and ...
"The wealth of this information is like finding a chest of jewels you always knew was under the ocean but now here it is-a wonderful discovery that validates everything I knew was right about teaching to the needs of the individual learner." - Leslie Morris , Reading First Coach Enhance your repertoire of literacy instructional strategies! Reading proficiency is the most fundamental ...
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