Learning to read : lessons from exemplary first-grade classrooms / Michael Pressley ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Solving problems in the teaching of literacyPublication details: New York : Guilford Press, c2001.Description: xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1572306483 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1572306491 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 1525 .L36 2001
Contents:
Pt. 1. First grade : history and contemporary practice. A brief history of first-grade reading instruction -- Surveying nominated-effective first-grade teachers about their instruction -- The nature of first-grade instruction that promotes literacy achievement -- Teaching writing in the first grade : instruction, scaffolds, and expectations / Ruth Wharton-McDonald -- pt. 2. The case studies. Barbara Wiesner / Michael Pressley -- Andy Schultheis / Ruth Wharton-McDonald -- Georgia Leyden / Kim Baker, Richard L. Allington, Greg Brooks -- Missy Allen / Cathy Collins Block -- Patricia Loden / Lesley Mandel Morrow, Elizabeth Brown Asbury -- pt. 3. Thoughts about teacher development. How I became an exemplary teacher (although I'm really still learning just like anyone else) / Jeni Pollack Day -- Concluding reflections.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. First grade : history and contemporary practice. A brief history of first-grade reading instruction -- Surveying nominated-effective first-grade teachers about their instruction -- The nature of first-grade instruction that promotes literacy achievement -- Teaching writing in the first grade : instruction, scaffolds, and expectations / Ruth Wharton-McDonald -- pt. 2. The case studies. Barbara Wiesner / Michael Pressley -- Andy Schultheis / Ruth Wharton-McDonald -- Georgia Leyden / Kim Baker, Richard L. Allington, Greg Brooks -- Missy Allen / Cathy Collins Block -- Patricia Loden / Lesley Mandel Morrow, Elizabeth Brown Asbury -- pt. 3. Thoughts about teacher development. How I became an exemplary teacher (although I'm really still learning just like anyone else) / Jeni Pollack Day -- Concluding reflections.

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