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Be that teacher! : breaking the cycle for struggling readers / Victoria J. Risko, Doris Walker-Dalhouse ; Foreword by Richard Allington.
Van Pelt Library LB1050.5 .R57 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Risko, Victoria.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reading--Remedial teaching.
- Reading disability.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Focusing on strengths and differences
- Capitalizing on students' cultural and linguistic histories and experiences
- Assessing what matters for students and instruction
- Using anchors for leveraging problem solving and cross-curricular connections
- Changing strategies to meet new demands for student success
- Contextualizing word learning and word identification
- Developing concepts and vocabulary through multiple skills and strategies
- Enabling students' reading comprehension and access to complicated texts with guided instruction
- Capitalizing on students' families and life experiences
- Fostering independence and success in reading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 080775322X
- 9780807753224
- OCLC:
- 766607060
- Publisher Number:
- 99949676610
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