Reach into Phonics 1 (Read On Your Own Books): Live It Up! - Softcover

Kratky, Lada; Lesaux, Nonie K; Thompson, Sylvia Linan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736280286 ISBN 13: 9780736280280

Publisher: National Geographic School Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Read On Your Own books promote phonics and high-frequency word application with decodable texts, include fiction and nonfiction, and encompass a variety of science and social studies topics.

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About the Authors

During her 18 years of teaching in K-2 classrooms, as well as teaching Descubriendo la lectura and Reading Recovery, Lada Kratky has fostered a love of reading in hundreds of English-speaking and Spanish-speaking children. She is the author of numerous children's books and classroom resources and has authored both English and Spanish early literacy programs. She has been a featured speaker at national, regional, and local educational conferences, as well as institutes and training workshops across the country, presenting strategies and techniques for effective early literacy instruction.

Ms. Kratky's monographs include: Reach into Beginning Reading and Make Every Minute Count!.

Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education Her research and teaching focuses on reading development and preventing reading difficulties of children from linguistically diverse backgrounds. From 2002-2006, Dr. Lesaux was Senior Research Associate of the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Youth and in 2007 was named one of five WT Grant scholars in support of her research on English-language learners in urban public schools. In 2009, Dr. Lesaux received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the United States government to young professionals beginning their independent research careers.

Associate Professor and Fellow, University of Texas, Austin As the associate director of the National Research and Development Center on English Language. Dr. Linan-Thompson has developed and examined reading interventions for struggling readers who are monolingual English speakers, English language learners and bilingual students acquiring Spanish literacy. She was a Kindergarten teacher in a bilingual classroom and has worked in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe on projects related to literacy instruction and professional development and has authored articles, chapters and books on these topics.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic School Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736280286
• ISBN 13: 9780736280280
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24