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Bestseller!

Teaching Our Children to Read

The Components of an Effective, Comprehensive Reading Program
Second Edition
By: Bill Honig

Updated Edition of Bestseller

Implement the best research-based practices through classroom activities, reading materials, training, and leadership. This new edition of Bill Honig's classic on reading and teaching grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their successes in the classroom. Here, the former California State Superintendent of Schools provides an updated overview of important research and instructional strategies that can bring all students to higher levels of literacy.

You'll find expanded sections on:

            •           Phonics instruction

            •           Fluency

            •           Spelling

            •           Strategic reading

            •           Book discussion

            •           Connected practices with decodable text

… plus new tables and an expanded list of frequently asked questions.

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9780761975304
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2000
  • Page Count: 176
  • Publication date: December 14, 2000

Price: $30.95

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Description

Description

Updated Edition of Bestseller

The return of a classic on reading and learning, with all-new insights! How can educators implement the best research-based practices into classroom activities, reading materials, training, and leadership? The answer: Teaching Our Children to Read, Second Edition. This new edition of Bill Honig's classic on reading and teaching grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their successes in the classroom. Here, the former California State Superintendent of Schools provides an updated overview of important research and instructional strategies that can bring all students to higher levels of literacy. You'll find expanded sections on: - Phonics instruction - Fluency - Spelling - Strategic reading - Book discussion - Connected practices with decodable text - Multisyllabic word instruction - Vocabulary and concept development - Text organization - Literacy benchmarks, including assessment and intervention.

Author(s)

Author(s)

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Bill Honig
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

The Case for a Balanced Approach

What Skilled Readers Do

Beginning-to-Read Instruction for Preschool and Kindergarten

Beginning-to-Read Instruction for Early First Grade

Reading Instruction for Middle First Grade to Upper Elementary Grades

Spelling, Beginning Writing and Vocabulary

Comprehension and Assessment

Writing and Speaking

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusions

Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Marilyn Jager Adams, BBN Systems and Technologies, Cambridge, MA:

"This is a wonderful book. It is not only scientifically responsible, but altogether readable. I hope it will find its way into the hands and minds of every parent, educator, and policymaker in America."

"This is a wonderful book. It is not only scientifically responsible, but altogether readable. I hope it will find its way into the hands and minds of every parent, educator, and policymaker in America."

Marilyn Jager Adams
BBN Systems and Technologies, Cambridge, MA
Quote by Carl A. Cohn, Superintendent, Long Beach Unified School District:

"Honig’s book takes a fresh, ‘roll up your sleeves, let’s solve this problem’ approach. That’s exactly what we in urban public schools need to realize success with our biggest challenge -- teaching kids to become successful and voracious readers early in their school careers."

"Honig’s book takes a fresh, ‘roll up your sleeves, let’s solve this problem’ approach. That’s exactly what we in urban public schools need to realize success with our biggest challenge -- teaching kids to become successful and voracious readers early in their school careers."

Carl A. Cohn
Superintendent, Long Beach Unified School District
Quote by Robert E. Slavin, Center for Research on the Education of Students at Risk, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD:

"Teaching Our Children to Read is an outstanding contribution to the debate in California and in the nation on optimal teaching strategies for reading."

"Teaching Our Children to Read is an outstanding contribution to the debate in California and in the nation on optimal teaching strategies for reading."

Robert E. Slavin
Center for Research on the Education of Students at Risk, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Quote by Staff Avon Maitland District School Board, Seafoth, Ontario Canada:

"This current, practical resource offers a no-nonsense approach to the whole issue of effective reading instruction."

"This current, practical resource offers a no-nonsense approach to the whole issue of effective reading instruction."

Staff Avon Maitland District School Board, Seafoth, Ontario Canada

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    Price: $30.95
    Volume Discounts applied in Shopping Cart

    For Instructors

    Request Review Copy

    When you select 'request review copy', you will be redirected to Sage Publishing (our parent site) to process your request.