And With a Light Touch: Learning About Reading, Writing, and Teaching With First Graders - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435087878 ISBN 13: 9780435087876

Publisher: Heinemann, 1700

Synopsis

Learning about reading and writing for first graders

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Review

""There is nothing more practical than a good theory," someone once said. "Well, this is the most practical inside-the-classroom book about the primary years that Ive read to date.""-From the Foreword by Donald Graves

?"There is nothing more practical than a good theory," someone once said. "Well, this is the most practical inside-the-classroom book about the primary years that Ive read to date."?-From the Foreword by Donald Graves

"There is nothing more practical than a good theory, someone once said. "Well, this is the most practical inside-the-classroom book about the primary years that Ive read to date.""-From the Foreword by Donald Graves

-There is nothing more practical than a good theory, someone once said. -Well, this is the most practical inside-the-classroom book about the primary years that Ive read to date.---From the Foreword by Donald Graves

About the Author

Carol Avery is a past president of the National Council of Teachers of English and is widely respected for her expertise in language arts teaching and for her advocacy of teachers and children. She is the author of ...And With a Light Touch, a book on teaching language arts, which is lauded by classroom teachers and educators for its insightfulness and relevance to classroom practice. She has facilitated hundreds of workshops and presentations for teachers throughout the United States and Canada, as well as several abroad. She has special expertise in children's literature and, in her capacity as a reviewer, recommends the best new books to teachers attending her workshops. Carol has worked as a consultant for schools nationally and internationally, demonstrating reading and writing lessons in K-12 classrooms and sharing stories of her classroom experiences in both suburban and urban schools. She has taught at the elementary, secondary and college levels and also served as a school librarian. She holds a bachelor's degree in library science and masters degrees in elementary education and writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1700
• ISBN 10: 0435087878
• ISBN 13: 9780435087876
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 480