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Lucy Calkins is a Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and an acclaimed speaker, with frequent keynote addresses at conferences across the country. She is also the author (or co-author) of numerous books, including the best-selling sister volume, The Art of Teaching Writing (Heinemann), Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parents' Guide (Perseus Books), and A Teacher's Guide to Standardized Reading Tests: Knowledge is Power (Heinemann).
SECTION I. BUILDING A PLACE FOR READING.
1. Co-Authoring a Literate Community in the Classroom.
2. Words That Change the World: Developing a Classroom Library.
SECTION II. ONGOING STRUCTURES IN THE READING CURRICULUM.
3. Reading Aloud.
4. The Independent Reading Workshop.
6. Coaching and Conferring with Readers.
7. Teaching Readers Within a Leveled Classroom Library.
8. Bringing Reading Assessment into the Very Real World of Classroom Teaching.
9. Supporting Readers Who Struggle with Meaning, Print, or Fluency.
10. Guided Reading and Strategy Lessons.
11. Phonics and Word Study in the Primary Grades.
12. A Curriculum of Talk.
SECTION III. UNITS OF STUDY IN A READING WORKSHOP.
Introduction: Units of Study in a Reading Curriculum.
13. September in a K-1 Reading Workshop.
14. Bringing in the Print Work of Reading.
15. Talking and Thinking About Books: Comprehension for Young Readers.
16. Reading Centers in the K-1 Classroom.
17. September in a 2-8 Grade Reading Workshop: Reading with Stamina and Comprehension.
18. Talking and Writing to Develop Ideas.
19. Reading Projects.
20. Book Clubs.
SECTION IV. TEACHING THE QUALITIES OF GOOD READING.
21. Nonfiction Reading: The Words of Our World.
22. The Elements of Story.
23. Giving Our Students Tools and Strategies to Interpret Texts.
24. Writing About Reading.
25. Personal Response.
26. We Are the Authors of Our Lives.
Appendix A: Examples of Leveled Reading Books.
Appendix B: Read-Aloud Book Recommendations.
Appendix C: Magazines for Kids.
I have been a teacher for 9 years and still found this book useful. There are some great ideas for setting up and managing a classroom library and also for inspiring a classroom full of readers. The book confirms many ideas I have about best practices for teaching reading, even when faced with legislation and administrators that dictate for teachers to do otherwise. Overall, this book would be a valuable resource for new teachers and for those of us with experience as well. Happy teaching!Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted October 8, 2000
WOW! Thanks to Lucy, we now have all of the ideas put into print! She gives us 'common sense' ways to teach kids how to read! I love her ideas and can't wait to use them in my classroom!Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted October 26, 2008
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