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Author:

Allington, Richard L.

Title:

Reading to learn : lessons from exemplary fourth-grade classrooms / Richard L. Allington, Peter H. Johnston ; foreword by Michael Pressley ; afterword by Gerald G. Duffy.

Publisher:

Guilford Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xviii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Reading (Elementary)--United States.--Case studies.
Fourth grade (Education)--United States.--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Johnston, Peter H.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.

Contents:

PART I: WHAT WE KNOW AND NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GOOD FOURTH-GRADE TEACHING? : Teaching fourth grade in the 21st Century -- What do we know about effective fourth-grade teachers? -- PART II: WHAT DO GOOD CLASSROOMS LOOK AND FEEL LIKE? : Inquiry and a good conversation: "I learn a lot from them" / Peter H. Johnston and Joan Backer -- "Responsibility and respect for themselves and for whatever it is they're doing": learning to be literate in an inclusive classroom / Gay Ivey -- "Focus on the real and make sure it connects to kids' lives" / Ruth Wharton-McDonald and June Williamson -- "We learn from each other": collaboration and community in a bilingual classroom / Jeni Pollack Day -- A caring, responsible learning community / Peter H. Johnston, Tracey Bennett, and John Cronin -- PART III: WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT GOOD FOURTH-GRADE TEACHING? : Integrated instruction in exemplary fourth-grade classrooms -- Literate achievements in fourth grade -- The nature of good fourth-grade teaching -- Shifting the focus of the reading debate: a cautionary afterword / Gerald G. Duffy -- Appendix: Achievement growth on standardized reading tests.

Series:

Solving problems in the teaching of literacy

ISBN:

9781572307629 (paper)
1572307625 (paper)
9781572307636 (cloth : alk. paper)
1572307633 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49351974

LCCN:

2002024461

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)