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The Ultimate Small Group Reading How-to Book

Building Comprehension Through Small-Group Instruction
Formerly published by Zephyr Press

This handbook presents clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension to small groups of young learners and provides exercises to help students locate, retrieve, and manipulate information.

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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781569761953
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2005
  • Page Count: 160
  • Publication date: July 01, 2005

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Formerly published by Zephyr Press

This handbook describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners.

A variety of exercises helps children locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts and enables teachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms.
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Gail Saunders-Smith

Gail Saunders-Smith is a former classroom teacher, Reading Recovery® Teacher Leader and served as Reading/ Language Arts K-12 Supervisor and Coordinator of State and Federal Programs for the Summit County ESC. Currently, Gail is an assistant professor in the Beeghly College of Education at Youngstown State University. She is also an independent staff developer, writer, and editor. She has presented across the United States and Canada and written several books and articles on all aspects of literacy development. Gail holds a BS and MA in Early Childhood Education from Kent State University and a MS in Administration and Supervision from Youngstown State University. She completed post-graduate work at The Ohio State University and earned a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from The University of Akron.

Gail has written fifty-five books for children, has written widely on literacy instruction, and serves as consulting editor at Red Brick Learning. Her professional books, "The Ultimate Guided Reading How-To Book," and, "The Ultimate Small Group Reading How-To Book," are available from Corwin Press. A third book will be published in the spring of 2009.  Gail has visited schools in Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and Russia. She is a reader, writer, student, and teacher.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements


Part I. Introduction


Part II. Foundations


1. Continuum of Development

2. Fluency

Part III. Techniques


3. Groups, Schedules, and Management

4. Study Skills

5. Transitional Guided Reading

Part IV. Putting It All Together


6. Reader's Workshop

7. Literature Circles

8. Reciprocal Teaching

9. Writer's Craft

Glossary


Resource List of Organizations


Bibliography


Index


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