Be that teacher! : breaking the cycle for struggling readers / Victoria J. Risko, Doris Walker-Dalhouse ; Forewords by Richard L. Allington & Timothy V. Rasinski.

Be that teacher! : breaking the cycle for struggling readers / Victoria J. Risko, Doris Walker-Dalhouse ; Forewords by Richard L. Allington & Timothy V. Rasinski.

9780807753224 paperback
080775322X paperback

New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]

©2012

English

xvii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

LB1050.5 .R57 2012

372.43

Tens of thousands of students begin each new school year with the hope that they will finally find the teacher who will help them succeed as readers, writers, and learners. This book shows how teachers can provide the type of differential instruction that struggling readers need by drawing on students' individual and cultural backgrounds, as well as the results of classroom-based diagnostic and progress-monitoring assessment measures. The authors include authentic examples nad case studies from diverse primary and intermediate/middle school classrooms to show how instruction can be implemented and adjusted to accommodate students' individual differences--differences that are influenced by their schools and instructional backgrounds, their cultural and linguistic histories, their interests and activities, their reading and writing habits in and out of school, and their understandings and misunderstandings about texts, print, and digital media. Classroom teachers, reading specialists, reading coaches, and prospective teachers are invited to analyze and reflect about each case presented to help them provide the type of instruction that will change the trajectory for students who continue to fail in reading.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index.

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