The Art of Teaching Reading - Softcover

Calkins, Lucy McCormick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321080599 ISBN 13: 9780321080592

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

Written in Calkins' graceful and passionate style, The Art of Teaching Reading serves as an eloquent and desperately needed reminder of what matters most in teaching. This long awaited text offers a compelling overview of the methods, insights and day-to-day classroom practices which have helped hundreds of teachers do more in the teaching of reading than most dreamt possible. This is the story of brilliant teachers whose children learn to read with eagerness and to talk and write in stunning ways about their reading.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucy Calkins is a Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and an acclaimed speaker, with frequent keynote addresses at conferences across the country. She is also the author (or co-author) of numerous books, including the best-selling sister volume, The Art of Teaching Writing (Heinemann), Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parents' Guide (Perseus Books), and A Teacher's Guide to Standardized Reading Tests: Knowledge is Power (Heinemann).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0321080599
• ISBN 13: 9780321080592
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592