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Adventures in Graphica
Adventures in Graphica

Paperback
ISBN: 9781571107121
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Adventures in Graphica by Terry Thompson

According to Stephanie Harvey, Terry Thompson's Adventures in Graphica "cracks open the amazing world of graphic reading and reveals the endless possibilities for teaching with graphica. He sees the inherent motivational value in comics, explains the many different graphic genres, and shares thoughtful and compelling ways to teach comprehension, vocabulary, and even fluency with graphica."

We strongly recommend this book for teachers of grades 2-6!

     

The Book Whisperer
The Book Whisperer
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780470372272
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The Book Whisperer
by Donalyn Miller

I am in love. With a book. A very quiet book that is about to make a big noise. The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller is my current favorite book. Period. It’s inspirational, practical, funny, entertaining, and a bushel basket full of other laudatory adjectives.

Why the enthusiasm? The Book Whisperer recounts Donalyn Miller’s professional journey from being an acolyte to the “experts” to becoming the epitome of the inspirational teacher of reading. Miraculously, she is able to share her insights, methodologies, and remarkable results with the rest of us. For example, her sixth grade students are expected to read 40 self-selected books during the school year. (Many of them had never before read more than one or two books – usually assigned—in a year!)

Beginning with the philosophy that everyone is a reader (She rejects terms such as “struggling” readers.), Donalyn constructs a classroom that is a sanctuary for reading. It’s all in attitude and expectations – and lots of books. Everyone is expected to read, including – and especially – the teacher. Donalyn expects conversations held during reading workshop to be on task. The students expect her to be a reader, as well. She shares recommendations with them, and they with her. I know you like horses – you should read this book. Is soccer your thing? Read this one. You’re new to the school? I’ve found a couple of books that talk about the same experience. Such are the “whispers” in Donalyn Miller’s class. Offering alternatives to such traditional practices as the whole-class novel and comprehension tests, The Book Whisperer challenges the reader to look critically at teaching practices that may be nothing more than “unexamined wallpaper,” entrenched practices that may not be accomplishing the primary goal, that of creating lifelong readers. In Donalyn Miller’s class everyone reads. But even more significant is the fact that they continue to read after they leave the class.

I express to my students that reading is not an add-on to the class. It is the cornerstone. The books we are reading and what we notice and wonder about our books feeds all of the instruction and learning in the class. . . . By springtime, students spend about thirty minutes of our ninety-minute language arts block reading their independent books.
--The Book Whisperer, p. 50

Every teacher can be a book whisperer, and after reading this book, he will want to be. Be sure to read Jeff Anderson’s foreward and Ron Myers’s (Donalyn Miller’s principal) afterward. This book is a call to action – a roadmap to reclaiming the joy of reading. As Ron Myers says, “I challenge you to join this reading revolution, to do your part as a public school educator in the United States. Our children cannot afford our silence.”

~Iris Dodge

     

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12
Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12
Paperback
ISBN: 9781412909266
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Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12
by Margarita Espino Calderon

No longer confined to just a few states, English Language Learners (ELLs) present a growing challenge for schools and school districts across the country. Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12 provides a comprehensive and systematic framework for developing literacy skills and accelerating language development. With funding from the Carnegie Corporation and the U.S. Department of Education, author Margarita Calderón has developed a research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores, not just for ELLs, but for all students.

 

 

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