Teaching Children Who Find Reading Difficult - Softcover

Rasinski, Timothy; Padak, Nancy; Fawcett, Gay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132337185 ISBN 13: 9780132337182

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

Offering the latest intervention strategies and activities to develop and strengthen the reading skills of struggling readers,Teaching Children Who Find Reading Difficult by Tim Rasinski, Nancy Padak, and Gay Fawcett seamlessly weaves together classroom approaches to capitalize on individual students’ strengths and their abilities to access phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. New strategies provide teachers with tips for teaching English language learners and more ideas for incorporating technology into instruction. Paired with the new book club study guide questions, this edition is perfect for learning communities and professional development workshops.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Transform your students into strong, independent readers.

 

With a strong focus on reading intervention, research-based strategies, and user-friendly techniques, the fourth edition of this vital instructor resource offers both prospective and in-service teachers the best practices for developing and strengthening the literacy skills of children who struggle with reading.

 

Drawing on IDEA’s Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) model, celebrated authors Tim Rasinski and Nancy Padak join literacy expert Gay Fawcett to group practical and proven strategies around key reading instruction areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Teachers will learn how to organize intervention for diverse classroom settings–including classrooms with English learners and students with exceptionalities–by combining and adapting thoughtful strategies that meet individual student needs within the reading and writing curriculum.

 

New Features in the Fourth Edition Include...

• A greater focus on evidence-based research ensures that prospective teachers are familiar with the most recent findings and understand how research translates to classroom practice. 
• An overview of IDEA’s Responsiveness to Intervention model gives instructors practical strategies that can be used to help struggling readers.
• More suggestions for teaching English language learners further assist teachers in approaching a diverse range of students successfully.
• Updated ideas for using technology help teachers utilize all available tools to help struggling readers excel.
• Additional discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage groups of teachers to share successes and solve problems together.

About the Author:

Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a professor of education in the department of teaching, leadership, and curriculum studies at Kent State University, as well as an editor for the Journal of Literacy Research. His books include From Phonics to Fluency and the Evidence Based Instruction in Reading series.

 

Nancy Padak, a past College Reading Association President, is a Distinguished Professor of Education at Kent State University, where she directs the Reading and Writing Center and teaches graduate courses in literacy education. She has worked in both middle and high schools and is the co-author of From Phonics to Fluency and the Evidence Based Instruction in Reading series.

 

Gay Fawcett has been in education for 35 years as a teacher, principal, language arts consultant, and curriculum director.  She also directed Kent State University’s Research Center for Educational Technology.  She is currently an independent consultant.  She has authored and/or co-authored more than 80 articles, books, and book chapters for educational publications including the Kappan, Educational Leadership, Language Arts, The Reading Teacher, and others.  She also served with Rasinski and Padak as an associate editor of The Reading Teacher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0132337185
• ISBN 13: 9780132337182
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 312