Recommended by the Ontario Ministry Of Education
Grades K-8
With all the controversy and confusion over “best practice” issues in teaching reading, Regie Routman steps in: giving clarity, support, specific demonstrations, and confidence to teachers so they can teach reading in a manner that is consistent with research and learning theory and respectful of students’ needs, interests, and abilities. In Reading Essentials, she realistically
describes how to achieve these goals. Readers will discover research-based strategies, immediately doable ideas, and detailed lessons. Topics include:
- teaching much more, more effectively and joyfully, in less time
- applying an optimal learning model to teaching
- reducing isolated skills work
- maximizing whole-class teaching
- working with struggling readers
- connecting reading with writing
- organizing a terrific classroom library and reading area
- monitoring and evaluating students as readers
- integrating assessment and testing into daily teaching
- teaching comprehension sensibly and effectively
- applying shared reading across the grades and curriculum
- planning guided reading in meaningful, manageable ways
- knowing how and when to question research and programs
- ensuring reading competence and confidence for every child
Also available by Regie Routman:
Writing Essentials / 0325006016 / 2004 / 304 pp. + DVD / Grades K-8
Conversations / 032500109X / 2000 / 896 pp. / Grades K-8
Table of Contents:
- The Essential Reading Life
- The Essential Reading Day
- Teaching Essentials
- Advocacy Is Also Essential.
- Appendixes: guidelines, letters to parents, forms.
About the Author :
Regie Routman has more than forty-five years of experience working in diverse, underperforming schools across the U.S. and Canada as an educational leader, mentor teacher, literacy coach, classroom teacher, and teacher of students with learning differences. Her current work involves on-site demonstrations of highly effective literacy and leadership practices and side-by-side mentoring and coaching of principals and lead teachers in order to improve reading and writing engagement, achievement, and enjoyment for all learners. Her many research-based books and resources have supported hundreds of thousands of teachers, principals, and educators at all levels to create and sustain trusting, intellectual school cultures where hearing all the voices and ongoing, professional learning are priorities. Regie's books include her Essentials series - Reading Essentials, Writing Essentials, and Teaching Essentials, published by Heinemann, and Literacy Essentials. Regie expertly developed and delivers online professional learning through her Transforming Our Teaching video-based literacy series. Regie also presents two popular Heinemann on-demand courses: Transforming Our Teaching Through Reading to Understand, Grades K - 6; and, Transforming Our Teaching Through Reading-Writing Connections, Grades K-1. Browse all of Regie's Heinemann Online PD offerings alongside her correlating Professional Development Notebooks on Heinemann's Regie Routman Series page. For full information on Regie's publications including her Transforming Our Teaching video-based, literacy series and on-demand courses, PD offerings, and blogs, see www.regieroutman.org. You can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook @regieroutman.
