4th edition: 2015. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction to the Fifth Edition, Tim Pressley -- Introduction to the Fourth Edition, Richard L. Allington -- Introduction to the Third Edition, Michael Pressley -- 1. Skills-Emphasis, Meaning-Emphasis, and Scientifically Based Balanced Reading Instruction -- 2. Skilled Reading -- 3. Children Who Experience Problems in Learning to Read -- 4. Before Reading Words Begins -- 5. Learning to Recognize Words -- 6. Fluency -- 7. Vocabulary -- 8. The Need for Increased Comprehension Instruction -- 9. Reading Instruction for Emergent Bilinguals, Ana Taboada Barber -- 10. Expert Literacy Teaching in the Primary Grades, Ruth Wharton-McDonald -- 11. Motivation and Literacy -- 12. Concluding Reflections -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- .
Summary:
"Now in a revised and updated fifth edition, this gold-standard text and K-8 practitioner resource provides a roadmap for comprehensive literacy instruction informed by the science of reading. Rather than advocating one best approach, the book shows how to balance skills- and meaning-focused instruction to support all students' success. Chapters describe specific ways to build word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, especially for learners who are struggling. The book explains the conceptual underpinnings of recommended strategies and techniques and shows how exemplary teachers actually put them into practice. A new chapter covers instruction for emergent bilingual learners"-- Provided by publisher.
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