Elementary teachers of reading have one essential goal--to prepare
diverse children to be independent, strategic readers in real life. This
innovative text helps preservice and inservice teachers achieve this
goal by providing knowledge and research-based strategies for teaching
phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, all aspects of
comprehension, and writing in response to literature. Special features
include sample lessons and photographs of literacy-rich classrooms.
Uniquely interactive, the text is complete with pencil-and-paper
exercises and reproducibles that facilitate learning, making it ideal
for course use. Readers are invited to respond to reflection questions,
design lessons, and start constructing a professional teaching
portfolio.