Learning to read :  lessons from exemplary first-grade classrooms / 
Michael Pressley ... [et al.]. 
 - New York :  Guilford Press,  c2001. 
 - xii, 242 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Solving problems in the teaching of literacy .
 - Solving problems in the teaching of literacy. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1572306483 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1572306491 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001018802 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reading (Primary)--Case studies.<br/>First grade (Education)--Case studies.<br/>Lecture (Enseignement primaire)--Cas, ???�tudes de.<br/>Premir��?�e anne��?� (???�ducation)--Cas, ???�tudes de.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 1525  / .L36 2001