Teaching Reading in Kindergarten: A Structured Approach to Daily Reading That Helps Every Child Become a Confident, Capable Reader - Softcover

Bergen, Randee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545529433 ISBN 13: 9780545529433

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2013

Synopsis

A comprehensive resource to implementing systematic, research-based, and developmentally appropriate classroom-proven strategies for teaching reading in kindergarten. From developing phonemic awareness and introducing concepts of print to teaching sight words and building self-monitoring and decoding strategies, the author shows teachers how to give their students the tools they need to read independently. A bonus of companion emergent reading materials including sample yearlong plan, letter formation cues, cards for teaching letter chunks 10 emergent reader templates, and more, developed just for kindergartners included!

About this title

About the Author

Randee Bergen's 17 years in the classroom have included teaching each grade, K through 6, as well as special education. Her experiences shaping writing instruction for older students and struggling learners and teaching her two daughters to write resulted in this novel and effective approach to developing a strong writing foundation for kindergarten students. Bergen has written articles on teaching students with learning disabilities and on reading and writing instruction for LD Forum and Connect, and contributed research findings to the Colorado State Department of Education's classroom research report. She currently teaches kindergarten in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545529433
• ISBN 13: 9780545529433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192