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"A solid resource to help teachers understand the basic foundation for literacy development through guided reading in the primary grade." —Patti Ulshafer, first-grade teacher

Develop successful readers with these strategies for before, during, and after reading.

In Teaching Kids to Read, Gail Saunders-Smith describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners.

A variety of exercises included helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts while enabling teachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms.

Topics covered include:

  • Aliteracy
  • Coaching statements
  • Elements of craft
  • False positive readers
  • Fresh text
  • Guided reading
  • Instructional practice
  • Metacognition
  • Phonemic awareness
  • Self-monitoring
  • Shared reading
  • Sight words
  • Study skills
  • Teacher talk
  • Workable words
  • and more!

Teaching Kids to Read: Embracing Guided Reading

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    A Paperback / softback by Gail Saunders-Smith

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      Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
      Published 15 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9781510769243
      978-1510769243
      ISBN-10 1510769242

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      "A solid resource to help teachers understand the basic foundation for literacy development through guided reading in the primary grade." —Patti Ulshafer, first-grade teacher

      Develop successful readers with these strategies for before, during, and after reading.

      In Teaching Kids to Read, Gail Saunders-Smith describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners.

      A variety of exercises included helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts while enabling teachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms.

      Topics covered include:

      • Aliteracy
      • Coaching statements
      • Elements of craft
      • False positive readers
      • Fresh text
      • Guided reading
      • Instructional practice
      • Metacognition
      • Phonemic awareness
      • Self-monitoring
      • Shared reading
      • Sight words
      • Study skills
      • Teacher talk
      • Workable words
      • and more!

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