Discovering What Works for Struggling Readers: Journeys of Exploration with Primary-Grade Students

By Bev Wirt

As a teacher, you know the excitement of sharing those life-changing moments with your students when they comprehend the previously unknown. This book follows the yearlong journeys of three reading... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872070085
• ISBN13: 9780872070080
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: International Reading Association
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.8"

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For anyone charged with the responsibility of helping children learn how to read with skill and enth

The collaborative work of elementary school classroom teacher Bev Wirt, elementary school reading specialist Carolyn Domaleski Bryan, and elementary school reading specialist Kathleen Davies Wesley, "Discovering What Works For Struggling Readers: Journeys of Exploration with Primary-grade Students" focuses upon the five teaching principles found to be consistently effective with elementary school students having difficulty in acquiring basic reading skills. The use of anecdotal vignettes and excerpts of student dialogue help to illustrate the application of these principles. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Discovering What Works For Struggling Readers" will prove to be invaluable, practical, and applicable reading for anyone charged with the responsibility of helping children learn how to read with skill and enthusiasm.