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Principles and Practices of Teaching Reading, 9/e

Arthur W. Heilman, Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University
Timothy R. Blair, University of Central Florida
William H. Rupley, Texas A&M University

Published July, 1997 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1998, 589 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-267857-8


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Summary

Taking a comprehensive and balanced literacy approach to the teaching of reading, the new edition of this classic text reflects the importance of teaching children to read by clearly presenting new topics and expanding other significant literacy topics for teachers in-training. With sweeping changes in recent years, the explanations and examples of reading comprehension and studying strategies will help teachers keep up-to-date with their teaching approaches

Features


A complete treatment of a balanced reading approach to meet the diverse needs of children in schools today is interwoven throughout the book.
Unlike other texts, this book has a separate chapter devoted to teacher effectiveness, as well as an entire chapter regarding literature-based reading instruction written by children's literature expert, Dr. Donna Norton.
Activities and games for cooperative and independent practice give practical suggestions for students to use immediately in teaching children to read.
NEW—end-of-the chapter sections provide possible portfolio entries and field-based assignments. In addition, many actual lesson plans and descriptions of strategies for students to use in their field experiences are included.
NEW—Exclusive to this text are specific “Inclusion Strategies” sections that supply teachers with practical suggestions on what to do for children with special needs in the classroom.
NEW—Complete coverage of reading comprehension and the teaching of comprehension has been expanded.
NEW—A host of practical applications in the form of specific activities and games, lesson plans, suggested school assignments and examples of decoding and comprehension strategies are provided in this edition.


Table of Contents
I. FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY INSTRUCTION

    1. Principles of Reading Instruction.
    2. Teacher Effectiveness in the Literacy Program.
    3. Language: The Key to Literacy.
    4. Emergent Literacy.

II. TEACHING STUDENTS TO BECOME STRATEGIC READERS.
    5. Word Identification.
    6. Meaning Vocabulary.
    7. Comprehension.
III. IMPLEMENTING A READING PROGRAM.
    8. Instructional Procedures for Teaching Literacy.
    9. Literature-based Reading Programs.
    10. Content-area Reading.
    11. Literacy Assessment.
    12. Classroom Management and Organization.
    13. Focus on All Learners.
    Glossary.
    Index.

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