Reading First and Beyond: The Complete Guide for Teachers and Literacy Coaches Cathy Collins Block, Susan E. Israel Corwin Press, 2005 "The wealth of this information is like finding a chest of jewels you always knew was under the ocean but now here it is-a wonderful discovery that validates everything I knew was right about teaching to the needs of the individual learner." - Leslie Morris , Reading First Coach Enhance your repertoire of literacy instructional strategies! Reading proficiency is the most fundamental ...             Reading With Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades38 reviews Debbie Miller Stenhouse Publishers, 2002 Making Children Thoughtful Readers Is So Important + Great Book for Parents and Teachers ! ! + Title says it all! + Teaching With Debbie + Teaching Reading Comprehension             The Fluent Reader: Oral Reading Strategies for Building Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension12 reviews Timothy V. Rasinski Scholastic, Inc., 2003 The Fluent Reader + Textbook + very informative + Great + A Quick Read!             From Phonics to Fluency: Effective Teaching of Decoding and Reading Fluency in the Elementary School2 reviews Timothy V. Rasinski, Nancy D. Padak Allyn & Bacon, 2000 An excellent supplementary resource for school teachers, tutors, and home schoolers alike + A must read! In From Phonics To Fluency: Effective Teaching Of Decoding And Reading Fluency In The Elementary School, Kent State University academicians Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak collaborate to provide the reader with successful teaching strategies, elucidated in detail, to help young people understand ...             Phonemic Awareness: Playing With Sounds to Strengthen Beginning Reading Skills (Phonemic Awareness)4 reviews Jo Fitzpatrick Creative Teaching Press, 1997 Hours of Fun with Words! + This book rates more than 5 stars! + Phonics Awareness + Full of great ideas             Phonics Through Poetry Pre K-12 reviews Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz Good Year Books, 1998 A Must have for beginner teachers + A must have! As a beginner teacher, you are looking for different sources to teach basic phonics skills. This is a great way to teach children different levels of phonics! The Children like the poems and they stay intuned to the lessons!             Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum7 reviews Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara R. Foorman, ... Brookes Publishing Company, 1997 A must have!!! + Excellent + From a 32 year veteran teacher. + Woderful! + No Regrets Here!! This is the BEST book EVER!!             Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Second Edition2 reviews The Guilford Press, 2003 A must-have + Best Practices is very informative Over the past year, I have purchased a number of professional resources on the topic of literacy instruction, including more well-known books by Patricia Cunningham, Fountas and Pinnell and Tony Stead. This book is the one I turn to most often for straight-forward, research-based information and ...             Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies: Modeling What Good Readers Do3 reviews Jeffrey Wilhelm Scholastic Professional Books, 2001 Think-Aloud while you Read-Aloud + Teaching Comprehension + Excellent Condition If you read aloud to your class, you must read this book! This books brings to our attention the during reading strategies that we do automatically and demonstrates how to teach them to our students. Appropriate for any grade level.             Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop28 reviews Susan Zimmermann, Ellin Oliver Keene Heinemann, 1997 Excellent book for the progressive teacher + Mosaic of Thought : Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop As an educator, I try to look for teacher's literature that goes beyond the worksheets and attempts to get at the belief system and structure of what is considered "best practices" in education. This book challenges teachers to delve/question their belief systems, practices and own schema to help ...             Phonics from A to Z (Grades K-3)11 reviews Wiley Blevins Teaching Resources, 1999 duh, now I get it + An Essential Resource + Not what I expected + Wonderful Resource!             What's After Assessment?: Follow-Up Instruction for Phonics, Fluency, and Comprehension Kathleen Strickland Heinemann, 2005 If you're like many teachers, you may have successfully assessed the strengths and needs of your struggling readers, but the wide array of reading activities in teaching manuals leaves you asking yourself: Now what? In What's After Assessment? , Kathleen Strickland provides a comprehensive instructional resource that will help you select the strategies that best match your students' needs. ...             The Literacy Coach's Handbook: A Guide to Research-Based Practice (Solving Problems in the Teaching of ...1 review Sharon Walpole, Michael C. McKenna The Guilford Press, 2004 Combination of Reserach and Easy Read We often must chose a book that's an easy read, or a book with a clear research base. This book does both. A great read for anyone looking to have a successful literacy program in elementary schools. Walpole and McKenna get past the buzzwords and provide concrete examples that will help students.             The Literacy Coach's Survival Guide: Essential Questions And Practical Answers3 reviews Cathy A. Toll International Reading Association, 2004 A Great Resource + Great resource + A Great Help I have just completed my first year as a Literacy Coach. I had an opportunity to read Cathy Toll's book this summer. It really gave insight to the role and responsibilities of a literacy coach. The book serves as an excellent resource.             Systematic Sequential Phonics They Use3 reviews Patricia Cunningham Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, 2000 This one is the best! + Great lessons! + great teaching aide! I own a number of Patricia Cunningham's books. I use many of her techniques. But this book is the best of the "Making Words" series for teachers who want a 'systematic sequential' plan. Other Making Words books seem to be for better spellers. My students needed the careful pacing, beginning ...             Phonics for the Teacher of Reading (9th Edition)3 reviews Barbara J. Fox Prentice Hall, 2005 A+! + Quick Shipping + Practical Practice I was very pleased with my purchase. The book was in excellent condition, and I received it in an appropriate time. I would definitely recommend this seller to future buyers. A+++!             Fluency Lessons for the Overhead: Grades 2-31 review Alyse Sweeney Scholastic Paperbacks, 2004 great resource I found this a helpful and supportive aid to the research-based programs we use in my school. I liked the variety of reading selections (poetry, narrative, etc.) and the direct, explicit teaching that supports fluency instruction.             Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding38 reviews Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis Stenhouse Publishers, 2000 great for english language arts teachers + Great Product + Usefull book + Engaging Children Through Understanding What They Read + Strategies That Work             Perfect Poems: With Strategies for Building Fluency (Grades 3-4)1 review Scholastic Inc. Scholastic, 2004 Best poems This is the best poem book I have ever seen. They are high-interest poems with an appropriate illustration on each page. I teach 2nd grade but use this book for my higher readers. I also have the 1st-2nd grade equivalent for my approaching and grade-level readers.             Fluency Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices2 reviews The Guilford Press, 2005 Review from Reading in a Foreign Language V29(1) April 2007 + Great Reviewed by Yurika Iwahori University of Hawai`i at Mânoa United States [...] Fluency Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices, edited by Rasinski, Blachowicz, and Lems, is a comprehensive book about reading fluency that presents an overview of history, theory, instructions, programs, ...