Primary Reading Instruction, K-3
Here are some of the titles that have been adopted for this course. Click on the title to purchase, or use this form to request an exam copy.
Debbie Miller: Reading with Meaning:Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades
"A practical, useful tool... This is a must-read for all elementary school teachers!"
(Education Book Reviews)
Related materials:
- Watch a conversation between Debbie Miller and Kathy Collins, author of Growing Readers.
- Debbie Miller: Happy Reading! Creating a Predictable Structure for Joyful Teaching and Learning and The Joy of Conferring.
- RST Workshop: Debbie Miller on Primary Reading Comprehension
Kathy Collins: Growing Readers: Units of Study in the Primary Classroom
"With a voice representing teachers in the trenches with their students, Collins offers classroom descriptions that ring true of our collective experiences with children, and she nails those experiences with accuracy. Her language is her gift to us as readers."
(Teachers College Record Volume 107 Number 8, 2005)
Related materials:
- Watch a conversation between Debbie Miller and Kathy Collins.
Linda Dorn, Cathy French, and Tammy Jones: Apprenticeship in Literacy: Transitions Across Reading and Writing
"Dorn et al. have created a thoughtful, useful, very practical and applicable text that will appeal to educators interested in reaching those at risk readers present in every elementary school."
(Education Book Review, Fall 1998)
Related materials:
- Linda Dorn: Organizing for Literacy
Cathy Mere: More Than Guided Reading: Finding the Right Instructional Mix, K-3
Andie Cunningham and Ruth Shagoury: Starting with Comprehension: Reading Strategies for the Youngest Learners
"To see how Andie applies these tenets to pre-readers is awesome...this book presents a blueprint for an enriched kindergarten experience for all children."
(Teaching Pre-K-8, March 2005)
Brenda Parkes: Read It Again! Revisiting Shared Reading
