The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists (J-B Ed: Book of Lists) - Softcover

Fry, Edward B.; Kress, Jacqueline E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130348937 ISBN 13: 9780130348937

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2002

Synopsis

Now in its fourth edition, The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists has enjoyed huge word-of-mouth success. Teachers hear of it from other teachers or at workshops and wonder how they managed without it! This newly revised and updated version places at your fingertips over 190 of the most used and useful lists to help you develop instructional materials and plan lessons for elementary as well as secondary students. For quick access, the lists are organized into 15 sections, from “Phonics,” “Subject Words,” and “Vocabulary” to “Literature,” “Comprehension,” and “Abbreviations, Symbols, and Signs.” Each section brims with examples, key words, teaching ideas, and activities that you can use as is or easily adapt to meet your students’ particular needs. You’ll find over 40 new lists including: “Vowel Sounds,” “Reading Math,” “Multiple Intelligences and Reading,” and “Comprehension Strategies.” Other lists have been expanded and updated including favorites such as “Story Starters,” “Prefixes and Suffixes,” and “Common Word Idioms.” Teachers will enjoy the all-new sections “The Internet” and “Spelling” and the large, 8-1/4" x 11" spiral-bound format for easy photocopying. There’s no limit to the uses for these lists-from creating games to making up test questions. Whatever grade you teach, there are lists that will inspire your lessons-and your students.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This newly revised and updated Fourth Edition of THE READING TEACHER’S BOOK OF LISTS places at your fingertips over 190 of the most used and useful lists for developing instructional materials and planning lessons for elementary and secondary students.

For quick access, the lists are organized into 15 sections, from “Phonics” “Useful Word” and “Vocabulary” through “Comprehension,” Assessment” and “References,” each brimming with examples, key words, teaching ideas and activities you can use as is or easily adapt to meet your students’ needs.

Moreover, all of the lists are printed in a big 8 ¼” x 11” spiral-bound format ready to be photocopied as many times as you need them for use with individual students, small groups, or an entire class!

You’ll find over 40 new lists in the Fourth Edition, making it even more helpful than previous editions.  For example, there are complete new lists on ...

 Vowel Sounds
 Suggested Phonics Teaching Order
 The Final “E” Rule
 Reading Math
 Books for Developing and Reluctant Readers
 Nonreversible Word Pairs
 Multiple Intelligences and Reading
 Comprehension Strategies
 Anagrams
 Speech Pronunciation
 Children’s Humor:  What Kids Say
 Teaching with Newspapers
 Activities for Tutors
 50 Reading Tips for Parents
 Rubrics for Writing
 Books without Words
 Oxymorons
 Ways to Define a Word
 Emoticons
 Internet Search Engines for Educators
 Web Sites for Reading, Writing & Literature
 
As well as expanded and updated lists on ...
 Consonant Sounds
 Prefixes and Suffixes
 Children’s Book Awards
 Book-List Collections
 All-Time Favorite Books
 Acronyms and Initializations
 Story Starters
 Student/Group Project guide
 100 Ways to Praise
 Games and Methods for Teaching
 Graphic Organizers
 Analogies
 Riddles and Tongue Twisters
 Portmanteau Words
 Sentence Tunes
 Sound Awareness Books

plus the “classics” you’ve come to rely on over the years ...
 Phonics Example Words
 Homophones
 The First 1,000 Instant Words
 Homographs and Heteronyms
 Synonyms and antonyms
 Spelling Demons
 Compound Words
 Metaphors and Similes
 The Readability Graph
 Greek and Latin Roots
 Literary Terms
 Proofreading Checklists
 Interest Inventories
 Test-Taking Strategies
 Proverbs and Common Word Idioms
 Book Report Alternatives

In addition, you’ll find an all-new section, “The Internet,” designed for novice and expert alike (Virtual Reference Library) ... a new Spelling” section with rules, methods, and commonly misspelled words (Capitalization Guidelines) ... a section just on “Instruction” ((Good Ideas for Reading Teachers) ... and an invaluable index and cross-references throughout to make locating any list you want easy.

In short, THE READING TEACHER’S BOOK OF LISTS, Fourth Edition gives you an unparalleled source of timely, practical information for all aspects of reading instruction that might otherwise take many years and much effort to acquire!

About the Author:

Edward Bernard Fry, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Education at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ).  At Rutgers, Dr. Fry taught graduate and undergraduate courses in reading, curriculum, and other educational subjects.  He lives in Laguna Beach, CA.  Jacqueline Kress, Ed.D. is Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education (NY,NY) and works with the faculty in the preparation and professional development of educators.  She lives in Elizabeth, NJ  Dona Lee Fountoukidis, Ed.D is director of Planning, Research, and Evaluation at William Paterson University (Wayne, NJ) where she conducts research on student learning.  He lives in Kinnelon, NJ.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130348937
• ISBN 13: 9780130348937
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 391