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Every teacher of reading plays a vital role in helping to catch those readers for whom learning to read does not come easily.
Sommario
Chapter 1: Expanding Our Paradigm of Reading; Chapter 2: How Reading Works; Chapter 3: Vygotsky Takes a Seat in Our Classrooms; Chapter 4: Beyond "Sound It Out"; Chapter 5: A Comprehensive Literacy Framework; Chapter 6: Interactive Read-Aloud: Talking Our Way Through Texts; Chapter 7: I Thought I Knew How to Teach Reading, but Whoa!; Chapter 8: Comprehension: The Bottom Line; Chapter 9: Spotlight on Inferring and Summarizing; Chapter 10: Assessment: Looking Closely at Readers; Chapter 11: Sharing Information with Families; Chapter 12: Teachers Make the Difference
Info autore
Pat Johnson has supported both students and teachers as an elementary reading teacher for twenty-five years. Most of her career has been spent in schools with diverse populations in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a Reading Recovery-trained teacher and has served as an adjunct faculty member for George Mason University. Presently, as a literacy consultant, Pat provides staff development for various school districts nationwide and has presented at state and national conferences. She is the author of One Child at a Time: Making the Most of Your Time with Struggling Readers, K-6 (Stenhouse, 2006). Katie Keier, a first-grade teacher at Bailey's Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been teaching children in grades 1-8 for eighteen years. A National Board Certified Teacher, Katie has a Reading Specialist certificate and a master's degree in Literacy Studies. She has also participated in Literacy Collaborative for the past three years. She has presented at numerous literacy conferences and specializes in early literacy instruction.