Author: William G. Brozo
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: active, literacy, boys, preteen, engaging, teen, reader
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0872071758
ISBN-13: 9780872071759

When it comes to reading, teen and preteen boys are your toughest students. Now, solutions are at hand in this one-of-a-kind book that offers ideas for using literature with positive male archetypes to motivate boys to read and capture their unique imaginations. Author Brozo defines several such archetypes and shares instructional vignettes in which teachers across the curriculum develop innovative strategies and activities using young adult books with these archetypes. He also shows you how to work with adults in the community to positively influence boys’ literacy behavior and create c

Authors:Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs, Sharon Vaughn, Douglas
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: educators, reading, framework, intervention, response
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2008-06-11
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0872076229
ISBN-13: 9780872076228

Written with reading professionals firmly in mind, this book tells you what you need to know to implement RTI well in your school or district. Leading experts in literacy and special education describe a three-tier approach that begins with effective instruction for all children, moves to preventive tutoring through a variety of approaches, and concludes with a reformed conceptualization of special education. Key to the approach is using assessment to identify students at risk, monitor student progress, and guide appropriate instructional support. Essential reading for administrators, reading

Authors:Kathleen Buss, Lee Karnowski,
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: genres, literary, writing, reading
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2000-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0872072576
ISBN-13: 9780872072572

This excellent resource will show teachers of grades 3 through 6 how to help children connect reading and writing while exploring new worlds of literature. Believing that reading and writing work together to encourage the construction of meaning, the authors urge teachers to expose students to a variety of literature and use writing to respond to it. They reject the traditional grouping of literature into broad categories of fiction and nonfiction, and instead present a classroom-tested interactive model that calls for teaching a variety of literary genres, including realistic fiction, mysteri

Author: Maureen McLaughlin
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: grades, primary, comprehension, guided
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2003-04
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0872070050
ISBN-13: 9780872070059

Written in response to recent developments in reading research and a demand by primary-grade teachers for a comprehension-based instructional framework, author Maureen McLaughlin presents Guided Comprehension in the Primary Grades. Adapting the Guided Comprehension Model introduced in her best-selling book (with Mary Beth Allen) Guided Comprehension: A Teaching Model for Grades 3-8, McLaughlin presents a teaching framework that develops reading comprehension in primary-grade students through direct and guided strategy instruction, numerous opportunities for engagement, and a variety of leveled

Authors:Maureen McLaughlin, Mary Beth Allen,
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: grades, model, teaching, comprehension, guided
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2001-11
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0872071723
ISBN-13: 9780872071728

In response to the disparity between what is known about best practice for comprehension instruction and what they saw happening in classrooms, authors Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen have developed an innovative teaching model for grades 3–8. The Guided Comprehension Model is a step-by-step teaching framework that encourages students to become active, strategic readers by providing direct and guided strategy instruction, numerous opportunities for engagement, and a variety of texts and instructional settings. Guided Comprehension: A Teaching Model for Grades 3–8 is a complete r

Author: Doug Buehl
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: learning, interactive, strategies, classroom
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2008-11-14
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0872076865
ISBN-13: 9780872076860

The updated edition of this bestseller will help you develop your students into purposeful thinkers and proficient readers by using classroom strategies that scaffold comprehension. Doug Buehl has completely revised his influential collection of literacy skill-building strategies to bring this edition in line with recent scholarship in the literacy field and today s understandings about reading comprehension. The stronger focus on gradual release of responsibility, metacognition, and what happens before, during, and after reading will allow your students to really own these strategies. Bue

Authors:Kathleen Buss, Lee Karnowski,
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: genres, nonfiction, writing, reading
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2002-10
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0872073467
ISBN-13: 9780872073463

A perfect companion to Buss and Karnowski’s popular Reading and Writing Literary Genres, this book brings the instruction of nonfiction texts to a level that educators can successfully take into the classroom. Learn how to teach nonfiction to elementary students with an emphasis on the author’s purpose, allowing your students to gain a better idea of text types and how to read and write them more effectively. As students’ awareness of nonfiction text expands, they’ll come to feel confident reading, writing, and sharing these texts with others. This resource shows how to expl