Breakthroughs in literacy : teacher success stories and strategies, grades K-8 /
Teachers share advice on creating successful literacy classrooms for all students, including those who struggle. This much-needed resource is filled with lively and inspiring stories from teachers who overcame challenges with underperforming and struggling learners-many of them special needs student...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
?2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass teacher.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Wentworth users only) |
Table of Contents:
- About the stories / Susan E. Israel
- Expecting the aha! Moment / Karen Kindle
- Facing my chair forward / Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio
- Books will be her legs / Vicki S. Collet
- I guess kids can be teachers sometimes" / Cynthia J. Poston
- Through the red door of room 207 / Angie Zapata
- To know them is to teach them / Martha Ford
- Reflections on the breakthroughs / Susan E. Israel
- About the stories / Susan E. Israel
- Carpet fuzz, a staple, and a story / Danna Parsons
- A plan to listen / Emily Manning
- Every picture tells a story: supporting young authors with wordless picture books / Elizabeth M. Frye
- "I'm an amazing reader!" / Karen A. Jorgensen
- A special boy teaches us special lessons / William P. Bintz and Pamela L. Wright
- Kids become better readers ... by reading! / Kathy A. Egawa
- The Mattie club: created by children who love poetry and life
- Lindsay P. Grow
- My opinion: no one ever asked before / Lisa Janes
- Spiderman to the rescue / Daniel T. Holm
- Reflections on the breakthroughs / Susan E. Israel
- About the stories / Susan E. Israel
- Learning to read his own way / Terry S. Atkinson
- If they can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn / Nina L. Nilsson
- "I gotta touch the book!" reading aloud with young toddlers / Amelia C. Evans and Mariana Souto-Manning
- "What does this say?" A small request with huge implications / Marianne McTavish
- Gifts from my heart / Mary J. Banta
- Ten-year-olds, tapes, and the epiphany / Sheila Gaquin
- Why art? / Monique Poldberg
- Reflections on the breakthroughs / Susan E. Israel
- About the stories / Susan E. Israel
- Perseverance, motivation, and collaboration: the tools needed for success / Katie Sullivan
- Better than a base hit / Deborah Vessels
- Cheese!" / Gina A. Goble
- Formulaic writing is not for everyone: especially gifted first graders / Evangelina "Gigi" Brignoni
- Spelling, reading, and writing give Joey an unexpected voice and his teacher and classmates inspiration / Richard M. Oldrieve
- "You know those marks ...?" / Alexa L. Sandmann
- Nudging one reluctant writer into action / Lori Berman Wolf
- Reflections on the breakthroughs / Susan E. Israel
- Seven pathways to literacy learning / Susan E. Israel.