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Maine, Stenhouse Publishers, 2004.
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| Description |
xviii, 278pCream spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
In Growing Readers, Kathy Collins helps teachers plan for independent reading work-shops in their own classrooms. She describes the structure of the independent reading workshop and other components of a balanced literacy program that work together to ensure young students grow into strong, well-rounded readers. Kathy outlines a sequence of possible units of study for a yearlong curriculum. Chapters are devoted to the individual units of study and include a sample curriculum as well as examples of mini-lessons and reading conferences. There are also four Getting Ready sections that suggest some behind-the-scenes work teachers can do to prepare for the units. Primary-grade teachers face an important challenge: teaching children how to read while enabling them to build good habits so they fall in love with reading. Many teachers find the independent reading workshop to be the component of reading instruction that meets this challenge. In Growing Readers, Kathy Collins describes the structure of the independent reading workshop and other components of a balanced literacy program that work together to ensure young students grow into strong, well-rounded readers, and she outlines a sequence of possible units of study for a year long curriculum.
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| Contents |
Creating classrooms for learners, thinkers, and talkers
Experiences in literacy throughout the day
Units of study in a primary reading workshop
Readers build good habits
Readers use strategies to figure out words
Readers think and talk about books to grow ideas
Readers pursue their interests in books and other texts
Readers make plans for their reading live
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| Standard Number |
1571103732 Pb.
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