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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 372.416 EAN: 9780321080592 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0321080599 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 592 Publication Date: August 28, 2000 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Editorial Review: Product Description: By Lucy McCormick Calkins. This renowned educator helps instructors master the fine art of teaching students to read and write! Nationally celebrated educator Lucy Calkins has drawn on her extensive experience working with teachers to write these inspirational books. A wealth of anecdotes, examples, and classroom observations demonstrate best practice, principles, and methods for teaching reading and writing. 540 pages each. Grades K-8. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Resource for Teaching ReadingA fabulous book for teachers. Also highly recommended are two lovely pieces of children's literature with beautiful messages and invaluable 10-page teaching guidesLife's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Successand The Big Squeal: A Wild, True, and Twisted Tail with built in lessons, activities and comprehension questions. Rating: - must haveThis book is helpful for anyone working with children's literacy. Ideas are very clearly expressed and explained. Rating:  - Seminal work on Reader's Workshop, but poor introduction to the methodReading the Art of Teaching, it becomes clear that Calkins is not only a wonderful reading teacher but a thoughtful and skilled writer about reading. However, looking over the reviews here a reader will notice a divergence of opinion with many lavishly praising this book while others express extreme disappointment. In the end neither of them are really wrong. Calkin's goal of the is simple to get students to "compose lives in which reading and writing matter", but obviously difficult ... Read More Rating: - Great book for educators This book is very helpful to any elementary teacher that is looking for ways to improve your reading curriculum. Lucy Calkins gives plenty of ideas and new approaches to try in your classroom. I also appreciate how she writes the actual scenario she used in the classroom with real kids. It is so much easier to comprehend through real life experiences. Another book that is similar, very informative and full of GREAT ideas is Reading Essentials by Regie Routman. This is a must read as an educator. ... Read More Rating: - Outstanding - holistic - approach to teaching readingI read the first page of this book sitting on the floor of a book store. The next thing I knew it was 30 minutes later, and I didn't want to put the book down. I knew it needed to go home with me. Calkins takes Reading instruction, breaks it down into manageable parts that she used in her own classroom and shares with you realistic, artful and purposeful ideas for teaching reading. She speaks very openly and honestly with you as a teacher who believes in teaching reading not as a science, ... Read More |
