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Reading for Information in Elementary School: Content Literacy Strategies to Build Comprehension
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher

Prentice Hall, 2006

Word Wise and Content Rich, Grades 7-12: Five Essential Steps to Teaching Academic Vocabulary
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

Heinemann, 2008

Middle and secondary school teachers, staff developers, and curriculum coordinators - sit up and take notice! Here is a book you have long-awaited and definitely need to own. - Karen Bromley Binghamton University, SUNY How do you teach students the words that are crucial to unlocking the concepts in your content area? Until now “assign, define, test” has been the default strategy. But with Word Wise and Content Rich , ...

Improving Adolescent Literacy: Content Area Strategies at Work (2nd Edition)
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

Prentice Hall, 2007

This book helps teachers to infuse literacy instruction into all content areas. The authors present a rich panoply of engaging instructional strategies that research has shown to be effective for improving reading and writing in middle and secondary school students. After discussing common questions asked by content area teachers, a full chapter is devoted to each of eight strategies–anticipatory activities, read-alouds/shared reading, ...

Walking in Spain (Walking)

10 reviews
Miles Roddis, Matthew Fletcher, ...

Lonely Planet, 2003

Great and lightweight
I think some of the reviewers' comments below are probably correct but none of them are serious drawbacks. True, the maps in this guide are not EXTREMELY detailed, but if you want a really detailed topographical map, you can always get one. The actual trail descriptions in this book are painstakingly detailed -- it even gets tedious. So if you can't find every tree along your route marked on ...

Teaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Anime, Cartoons, and More to Develop ...

Corwin Press, 2008

"This book puts into practice what weâ€™ve long known but often ignored: one picture is indeed worth a thousand words! The chapters offer a practical look at how images in all their many forms can be used to motivate reluctant readers." â€”Donna E. Alvermann, Distinguished Research Professor University of Georgia "Just as vision entails more than seeing, being visually literate means that students can interpret and reflect upon images as well ...

Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

2 reviews
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

ASCD, 2007

Must Have for Every Classroom Teacher
This book is a must have for any classroom teacher, support specialist, administrator, and curriculum specialist. In an era of standardized testing and out-of-controll pacing guides, this book reestablishes the goal of student success within the classroom. Lots of great ideas.

Good Habits, Great Readers: Building the Literacy Community
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, ...

Prentice Hall, 2008

50 Content Area Strategies for Adolescent Literacy (50 Teaching Strategies Series)

1 review
Douglas Fisher, William G. Brozo, ...

Prentice Hall, 2006

Buy this too if you're buying Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work
I think this book is a great additional to a content area teacher's library, but is probably the second Doug Fisher book to read. After reading Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work I understand better where and when to use the easily described/pictured strategies and am confident that I can sell the importance of those activities to my middle schoolers. Strategies are 1-2 pages, ...

Scaffolded Writing Instruction: Teaching With a Gradual-Release Framework (Teaching Strategies)
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2007

Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

ASCD, 2008

Responsive Curriculum Design in Secondary Schools: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

ScarecrowEducation, 2002

More than ever before, as they teach to an increasingly diverse population, educators need a clear, concise guide to designing and implementing responsive curriculum. This book, built around the lessons of classroom teachers, provides the how of instruction design. The first section identifies the most important components of design: addressing standards, designing multiple assessments, identifying richly detailed source materials, and creating ...

Language Learners in the English Classroom
Douglas Fisher, Carol Rothenberg, ...

National Council of Teachers of English, 2007

Pilgrim Stories: On and Off the Road to Santiago, Journeys Along an Ancient Way in Modern Spain

3 reviews
Nancy Louise Frey

University of California Press, 1998

Well researched and a fascinating read
Anyone who's walked or thought about walking Spain's greatest long distance walk, the Camino de Santiago will love this book. A young woman who walked this medieval pilgrimage route recommended this book. I began to understand her enthusiasm for this modern-day adventure--a road trip on foot through Spain's majestic lands, visiting the past and the present and meeting all sorts of fascinating ...

Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work

3 reviews
Douglas B. Fisher, Nancy Frey

Prentice Hall, 2003

Practical and down-to-earth
Fisher and Frey provide an excellent array of strategies that have employed in the classroom. The beauty of this book is that it is based on their own classroom experience at the secondary level--not merely one from past experiences, but on-going and current experiences as they continue to work at San Deigo state and their local high school. Their text is much better than the usual text one ...

The Effective Teacher's Guide: 50 Ways for Engaging Students in Learning
Nancy Frey

Academic Professional Development, 2004

Gaining and maintaining student engagement is critical to learning. This book features practical ideas for engaging students through classroom management, procedures, community-building, and effective reading practices. Ideal for the beginning teacher, or experienced teachers who want to energize their practices!

Designing Responsive Curriculum: Planning Lessons that Work
Frey Nancy

Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005

Built around the lessons of classroom teachers, this book provides the how of instruction design.

Inclusive Urban Schools

Brookes Publishing Company, 2003

This edited volume provides an overview of inclusive education in urban schools, including demographics, major reform efforts, successes and challenges within urban reform, and the intersection of inclusive education with urban schooling. This practical book explores a wide range of ages, disabilities, and levels of implementation of inclusive practices. Using case studies of schools or districts in major U.S. cities (e.g., Milwaukee, ...

Language Arts Workshop: Purposeful Reading and Writing Instruction

2 reviews
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher

Prentice Hall, 2005

Great book
This book is informative and an assett for anyone wishing to implement the language arts workshop in their classroom.

Speedy Spelling: Mastering Troublesome Words (E)
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

Options Publishing, 2007

Inclusive Elementary Schools: Recipes for Success, Second Edition
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, ...

PEAK Parent Center, Inc., 2004

A step-by-step process to determine what and how to teach elementary students with disabilties in general education classrooms. This breakthrough publication highlights strategies for accommodating and modifying assignments and activities by using core curriculum. A must-have for elementary educators and parents.

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