Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write - Softcover

Cunningham, Patricia M.; Allington, Richard L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205355412 ISBN 13: 9780205355419

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

Designed for courses focusing on instructional reading methods for struggling and culturally diverse students, this affordable text assists preservice and in-service teachers in enriching the learning and reading skills of ALL children.

Literacy movements and philosophies are subject to a pendulum effect, but renowned authors Cunningham and Allington promote the integration of phonics and literature-based process writing and reading instruction for a more balanced approach. The book helps ALL children engage in meaning-centered reading by showing teachers how to foster powerful decoding and comprehension strategies. This book is filled with workable, practical strategies and activities to use in the classroom.

About this title

Review:

"The text is written like a road map for specific instructional practices... teachers would value it as a long-term resources, using it as part of their daily practice." April Key, Principal, Global Science Middle School, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

"This is a very balanced and thoughtfully organized book for promoting excellent teaching and learning in our classrooms.  I heartily recommend this book for teachers needing both a foundation to literacy guide and a book chock full of great ideas founded in research." Barry Hoonan, Odyssey Program, Bainbridge School District  

About the Author:

Patricia M. Cunningham is a professor of Education at Wake Forest University. She has authored and co-authored several books promoting literacy, including Phonics They Use: Words For Reading And Writing, Reading And Writing In Elementary Classrooms: Strategies And Observations, Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write, and Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read And Write.

Richard L. Allingtonis the Fien Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was a co-recipient of the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Reading Association for his "contributions to the better understanding of reading and learning disabilities". Dick is also a past president of the National Reading Conference and has been elected to membership in the Reading Hall of Fame.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0205355412
• ISBN 13: 9780205355419
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 286