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Powerful Book Introductions: Leading with Meaning for Deeper Thinking book cover

1st Edition

Powerful Book Introductions Leading with Meaning for Deeper Thinking

By Kathleen Fay, Chrisie Moritz, Suzanne Whaley Copyright 2017
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge
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Effective book introductions during guided reading set the stage for young readers to navigate new texts independently and successfully and often shape the outcome of small-group lessons. Many teachers struggle with decisions about what these introductions should address, what they should include, and how to conduct them. Powerful Book Introductions: Leading with Meaning for Deeper Thinking... Read more
Chapter 1: Leading with Meaning: Developing Positive Theories of Reading; Chapter 2: Kids First: Matching Readers With Texts; Chapter 3: Considering Meaning: What's it About? What Might it Really be About?; Chapter 4: Considering How Books Work: Text Structures and Features; Chapter 5: Considering Language Structure: Oral Language, Syntax, and Sentence Complexity; Chapter 6: Considering Words: Identification, Decoding, and Vocabulary Development; Chapter 7: Thinking Together: Extending Meaning Through Discussion; A Final Thought: Trust

Biography

Kathleen Fay is the Literacy Collaborative District Trainer for Fairfax County Public Schools. She has served as a Reading Recovery teacher and a Title I literacy coach and is a National Board certified teacher. Kathleen and Suzanne previously collaborated to write Becoming One Community: Reading and Writing with English Language Learners (Stenhouse 2004).

Chrisie Moritz is a National Board certified literacy coach in Fairfax County, Virginia. She presents at conferences and consults with school districts across the country on various topics related to literacy instruction. Chrisie has served as a Reading Recovery teacher, a Literacy Collaborative District Trainer, and an adjunct professor at East Carolina University. Board certified teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was a classroom teacher and literacy specialist for twenty-two years. She currently leads the literacy professional development for reading specialists, principals, school teams, and teachers in her district.

Suzanne Whaley is a National Board certified teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was a classroom teacher and literacy specialist for twenty-two years. She currently leads the literacy professional development for reading specialists, principals, school teams, and teachers in her district.

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