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Teachers as Readers - September 2005 This is a list of books teachers should read from Debbie, a second grade teacher. 1. Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work by Debbie Diller. (ISBN 1 57110 353 8). This book gives you detailed instructions on how to set up work stations that promote reading growth—not just busy work! This book provides excellent help to solve the problem of what to do with students when the teacher is working with a small group or trying to take a running record. 2. Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop by Ellin Keene and Susan Zimmerman. (ISBN 0 435 07237 4). This book is an excellent starting point for any teacher who wants to see his/her student’s comprehension skills become stronger. Connections are made to self, world, and other texts as a basis for the beginning reader to begin making meaningful connections to help understand what he is reading. Developing author schema charts and learning how to pick out what is important in a non-fiction article are also thoroughly covered. This book is a quick read with many helpful insights. 3. Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades by Debbie Miller. (ISBN 1 571 10307 4). This book takes you step by step through the year as you learn how to teach comprehension skills more effectively. This book begins in September showing how to set up a climate for thinking and trust between student and teacher. Topics covered are building schema, visualization, inferring, asking and answering questions, determining importance in nonfiction, and synthesizing information. 4. Strategies That Work by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis. (ISBN 1 57110 310 4). This book gives lessons and ideas which support the growth of comprehension while reading. This book is more for teachers of grades 3 – 8. This is an excellent resource. This is a book teachers should read from Linda Roberts, IRA Coordinator, Oklahoma. Writing Essentials, by Regie Routman. (ISBN 0-325-00601-6). In Writing Essentials, Regie Routman demystifies the process of teaching writing well and gives you the knowledge, research, precise instructional language, and confidence you need to succeed. Writing Essentials, is conversational, upbeat, practical, eminently readable, illustrated with a wealth of children's writing, and filled with proven techniques for teaching writing well and managing your instructional time more effectively. With Routman in hand, you'll not only have the inspiration to say "I can do that too," but you'll have first-rate resources and strategies to answer your questions and help make great writing instruction happen in your classroom immediately. A DVD of eight 3 - to - 4 minute video clips is included with the book. |
