reading (elementary)

Lucy Calkins, founding director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, presents her vision for the whole of teaching reading, discussing the importance of teacher education in ensuring every child becomes a strong reader and writer, and the central role of the independent reading workshop in the reading curriculum.

Describes strategies teachers can use to promote reading comprehension in students from kindergarten through eighth grade; and includes examples of student work, illustrations, and other reference tools.

Presents fifty, two-page reproducible scripts based on nursery rhymes, poems, and other fun things designed to help preschoolers and kindergarteners build early reading skills.

Explores eleven reading skills and literary devices through fifty-five popular children's books; each skill or device is introduced, explained, and reinforced with five related picture books.

Ideas on how to use thirty-five books in the curriculum to help reluctant readers in grades two to five.

Presents a comprehensive manual for teachers and school library media specialists to provide reading instruction in the elementary school library, and contains strategies on sequencing, compare and contrast, and more.

Provides resources and materials for educators teaching reading comprehension to third- through sixth-grade students, including twelve lessons that use nonfiction texts, along with scaffolding tips, assessment ideas, and graphic organizers for each of the lessons.

Presents a model for guided reading in elementary classrooms, including lesson plans, targeted reading strategies, guided writing support, and assessment tools.

A guide to bringing nonfiction into the curriculum in third through eighth-grade classrooms, with strategies and ideas for reading nonfiction, conducting research, and writing reports.

Examines the characteristics and needs of transitional student readers and offers tools that will assist them in becoming more independent.