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Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers
Steven L. Layne · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorThe Daily 5: fostering literacy independence in the elementary grades
Gail Boushey, Joan Moser
The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research
Stephen D. Krashen · 159 pages
Continuing the case for free voluntary reading set out in the book's 1993 first edition, this new, updated, and much-looked-for second edition explores new research done on the topic in the last 10 years as well as looking anew at some of the original research reviewed. Krashen also explores research surrounding the role of school and public libraries and the research indicating the necessity of a
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Kelly Gallagher · 160 pages
Reading in the Wild
Donalyn Miller, Susan Kelley · 304 pages
"Explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching 'wild' reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, [the book] offers ... advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for futu
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
Donalyn Miller · 227 pages
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives t
The Read-Aloud Handbook
Jim Trelease · 387 pages
The classic handbook on reading aloud to children - revised and updatedFor more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of read
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
Susan Wise Bauer · 510 pages
"The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition."--Amazon.com.
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren · 398 pages
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser · 288 pages
In addition to exploring the techniques of nonfiction writing, Zinsser discusses sexism in writing, jargon, and psychological writing blocks.
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Michelle Kuo · 320 pages
Michelle Kuo arrived in the rural town of Helena, Arkansas, as a Teach for America volunteer in 2004, bursting with optimism and drive. But she soon encountered the jarring realities of life in one of the poorest counties in America. In this unforgettable memoir, Michelle shares the story of her complicated but rewarding mentorship of one student, Patrick Browning, and his remarkable literary and
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
Maryanne Wolf · 320 pages
In the Book. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Harper Perennial, 2008. This is an account of how our brains change as we learn to read.
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
Dana Goldstein · 350 pages
"A brilliant young scholar's history of 175 years of teaching in America shows that teachers have always borne the brunt of shifting, often impossible expectations. In other nations, public schools are one thread in a quilt that includes free universal child care, health care, and job training. Here, schools are the whole cloth. Today we look around the world at countries like Finland and South Ko
Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, [Book, CD & DVD]
Donald R. Bear, Shane Templeton, Marcia Invernizzi, Francine Johnston · 433 pages
A Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual
Catherine Levison · 90 pages
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs
Richard L. Allington · 196 pages
Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will
Dale J. Stephens
Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook
Maria Montessori · 121 pages
This short, illustrated guide to the use of Montessori classroom materials describes how to set up a "children's house"--An environment for learning where children can be their own masters. Frames, geometrical objects, colored numerical rods, and many other items are familiar features of any Montessori classroom, and Montessori explains how to use them with preschool children to stimulate their po
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
Thomas C. Foster · 325 pages
What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface—a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character—and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you.In this practical an
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Jonathan Kozol · 262 pages
The Freedom Writers Diary
Erin Gruwell, Zlata Filipovic, The Freedom Writers · 292 pages
Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance. For many of these students--whose ranks included substance abusers, gang members, the homeless, and victims of abuse--Gruwell was the first person to treat them with dignity, to believe in their potential and help t
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise · 864 pages
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Education
John Taylor Gatto · 104 pages