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Teaching Our Children to Read

The Components of an Effective, Comprehensive Reading Program

Second Edition
By: Bill Honig

Updated Edition of Bestseller

Implement the best research-based practices through classroom activities, reading materials, training, and leadership. This new edition of Bill Honig's classic on reading and teaching grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their successes in the classroom. Here, the former California State Superintendent of Schools provides an updated overview of important research and instructional strategies that can bring all students to higher levels of literacy.

You'll find expanded sections on:

• Phonics instruction

• Fluency

• Spelling

• Strategic reading

• Book discussion

• Connected practices with decodable text

… plus new tables and an expanded list of frequently asked questions.

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761975304
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2000
Page Count: 176
Publication date: December 29, 2000

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Description

Updated Edition of Bestseller

The return of a classic on reading and learning, with all-new insights! How can educators implement the best research-based practices into classroom activities, reading materials, training, and leadership? The answer: Teaching Our Children to Read, Second Edition. This new edition of Bill Honig's classic on reading and teaching grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their successes in the classroom. Here, the former California State Superintendent of Schools provides an updated overview of important research and instructional strategies that can bring all students to higher levels of literacy. You'll find expanded sections on: - Phonics instruction - Fluency - Spelling - Strategic reading - Book discussion - Connected practices with decodable text - Multisyllabic word instruction - Vocabulary and concept development - Text organization - Literacy benchmarks, including assessment and intervention.

Author(s)

Bill Honig

Table of Contents

The Case for a Balanced Approach

What Skilled Readers Do

Beginning-to-Read Instruction for Preschool and Kindergarten

Beginning-to-Read Instruction for Early First Grade

Reading Instruction for Middle First Grade to Upper Elementary Grades

Spelling, Beginning Writing and Vocabulary

Comprehension and Assessment

Writing and Speaking

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusions

Reviews

"This is a wonderful book. It is not only scientifically responsible, but altogether readable. I hope it will find its way into the hands and minds of every parent, educator, and policymaker in America."

Marilyn Jager Adams
BBN Systems and Technologies, Cambridge, MA

"Honig’s book takes a fresh, ‘roll up your sleeves, let’s solve this problem’ approach. That’s exactly what we in urban public schools need to realize success with our biggest challenge -- teaching kids to become successful and voracious readers early in their school careers."

Carl A. Cohn
Superintendent, Long Beach Unified School District

"Teaching Our Children to Read is an outstanding contribution to the debate in California and in the nation on optimal teaching strategies for reading."

Robert E. Slavin
Center for Research on the Education of Students at Risk, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

"This current, practical resource offers a no-nonsense approach to the whole issue of effective reading instruction."

Staff Avon Maitland District School Board, Seafoth, Ontario Canada

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