Teachers Resource Books

Product Description

With new chapters on fluency and motivation, Teaching Reading in the 21st Century maintains the friendly voice of its widely recognized author team and its superior coverage of assessment for learning, and strengthens its commitment to a rich, balanced, and comprehensive program of reading instruction. Informed by the latest research on topics ranging from phonemic awareness and phonics to teaching comprehension strategies and assessment, this text provides the knowledge base, skills, and assessment strategies that all teachers need to guide elementary students successfully toward literacy for the 21st Century--using reading and writing for thinking, problem solving, and communicating. Always practicaland with a focus on critical literacy, this edition is even richer in first-person accounts, instructional routines, classroom vignettes, and hands-on literacy activities. Principal themes include balancing phonemic skills with more holistic approaches; fostering the love of reading; and successfully teaching all students--mainstream and minority, native speakers of English and English-language learners, and special needs and gifted--to become able and eager readers.

From the Back Cover

About the Fourth Edition:

With new chapters on fluency and motivation, the Fourth Edition of Teaching Reading in the 21^st Century maintains the friendly voice of its widely recognized author team and its superior coverage of assessment for learning, and strengthens its commitment to a rich, balanced, and comprehensive program of reading instruction. Always practical, this edition is even richer in first-person accounts, instructional routines, classroom vignettes, and hands-on literacy activities.

One reviewer sums it up:

In a perfect number of chapters for a typical college semester, Graves et al. carefully cover such incredibly important concepts as the complex, recursive nature of reading and writing, the special considerations... for English language learners, and the intricacies of grouping learners. Countless professors will appreciate the ways in which the authors highlight and consistently interweave such vital notions as metacognition, scaffolding, the gradual release of responsibility model, and reciprocal teaching. Perhaps my favorite part of the text is that there is not just one, but two excellent chapters on comprehension.

                                    Christine Woodcock, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

What is New of the Fourth Edition?

• A new full-color design and increased trim size make this already-friendly book even friendlier.
• A complete new chapter on Motivation and Engagement (Ch. 3)
• A complete new chapter on Fluency (Ch. 6)
• New and Revised In the Classroom/ Instructional Routines features in every chapter
• An Expanded Assessment Strategies and Lesson Plans Booklet–free with every new student text

This book, The New Elementary Teacher's Handbook: Flourishing in Your First Year, gives you real, sensible and very useful advice. It is not fluff or idealistic, but gives ideas that work. As a first grade teacher, this book has helped me very much. It has strategies on everything, fitting in with others, keeping organized, management, planning, discipline prevention, assessment strategies, parent tips and more! It even has some useful reproducibles to help implement these strategies.

Reviews of The New Elementary Teacher's Handbook

“The New Elementary Teacher’s Handbook provides a wealth of excellent information and practical advice for the novice teacher. This easy-to-read handbook offers comprehensive guidance to help new teachers deal efficiently with the many complexities of teaching. From classroom seating charts to dealing with staff and parents, this guide offers excellent advice on a wide range of issues.” (National Science Teachers Association NSTA Recommends. )

Praise for the First Edition: "The most helpful and practical resource I own! It has aided me in increasing my efficiency and therefore my confidence in the classroom. This is a must-read for all first-year teachers!" (Jennifer Jackson )

"A blockbuster book for the beginning teacher-chock-full of practical and imaginative suggestions. A source book of fine educational practices." (Mary B. Roberts, Supervisor, Elementary Education )

"Kathleen Jonson has designed an excellent road map to guide new teachers during their beginning years." (Gail Adams, Program Administrator )