Teaching Children to Read: From Basals to Books - Hardcover

Reutzel, D. Ray; Cooter, Robert B. Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0675212871 ISBN 13: 9780675212878

Publisher: Pearson Ptr, 1991

Synopsis

For courses in Reading Methods in Elementary School. This Elementary Reading Methods text is the only one on the market that offers a transitional perspective to teach reading in a balanced way. It provides theoretical guidelines and methodology to combine both the use of basals and skills based instruction with a more balanced approach to teaching reading. The authors introduce seven principles that support literacy development and examine them closely throughout the text. These principles undergird the philosophical methodology pre-service teachers use to develop their own model of balanced literacy instruction.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An exciting new edition of the only text on the market to concentrate, specifically, on transition approaches to teaching reading! While offering extensive coverage of all reading teaching methods, this text's main objective is showing future teachers how "balanced literacy" programs can be developed to draw upon the most important and successful ideas from both whole language and traditional "direct instruction" philosophies. Readers learn how to make gradual transitions from traditional to language teaching, in ways that have been proven through research. Coverage begins with theoretical and instructional models, and proceeds to discussion of such fundamental skills as identifying words in print and acquiring vocabulary. Subsequent chapters detail techniques for making the transition from basal readers to books, and for designing environments that encourage learning and promote literacy. Finally, it discusses such issues as holistic assessment of reading and writing, and applying transition ideas in content areas.

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive and balanced look at literacy instruction has long been one of the most popular reading methods texts available. Based on the authors' seven principles for comprehensive reading instruction, this fourth edition includes exciting new chapters that describe how to organize the classroom for effective reading instruction, including how to set up an enriched reading environment, how to create a variety of learning centers, and how to plan developmentally appropriate reading curriculum for students in K-3 as well as 4-8 classrooms.

Special Features include:

• New! Part III: Putting It All Together walks you through every aspect of setting up the reading classroom, from organizing the classroom environment to developing the reading curriculum, helping you put reading first.
• New! Standards Margin Notes identify how to address IRA/NCTE Standards in classroom teaching.
• New! A fully integrated Companion Website links chapter content to appropriate Standards, recommends chapter-specific Safety Net Lessons for struggling readers, provides online strategies for teaching chapter-specific concepts in classrooms, contains self-assessments to ensure conceptual understanding, and links to many meaningful Internet sites appropriate to chapter content.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Ptr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0675212871
• ISBN 13: 9780675212878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576