Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary Schools

by Betty D. Roe, Sandra H. Smith, Nancy J. Kolodziej

TEACHING READING IN TODAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS sets the standard for reading instruction to ensure that you are able to help your students learn mechanics of word recognition, how to comprehend what they read -- and enjoy the process. The book advocates a balanced approach to reading, presenting newer approaches to reading with more traditional approaches that have proven value, such as phonics, vocabulary instruction, and strategies to improve literal and higher-order comprehension. The twelfth edition includes discussion of the latest technology for literacy learning, recent movements in literacy assessment and standards that must be met, and information about guided reading and close reading techniques with appropriate texts. Praxis, CCSS, and edTPA assistance is incorporated throughout.

Genres: Teaching

592 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

Reviews

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for my college, course class "Instructional practices for Reading Teachers". This book did give important information for the class I had to take, though I hated the course because it was just horrible.

[threeblindmiiice · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐

I read this for my reading class. It was really helpful for me and contributed much to my classroom this year. I think I would've enjoyed much more of this book if I didn't have to read 120+ pages every week. However, I also can argue that if it weren't a required reading, I wouldn't have finished it at all. Ha! I guess that's the advantage of reading it for a class. But I truly believe that this book is valuable for teachers of early grades to have better tools for how to teach reading. I would've loved to have a chapter specifically focusing on teaching reading to students with disabilities. But overall, it was an educational read and not as dry as I expected.

[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an approachable text with many helpful resources for putting the literacy concepts into practice. It worked well for my Elementary Literacy course. I appreciated the associated Instructor's Manual as this was my first time teaching this subject, and the tests and activities integrated nicely with our Brightspace system.