Learning to read : lessons from exemplary first-grade classrooms - Pressley, Michael (New York : Guilford Press, 2001)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Reading (Primary) -- Case studies; First grade (Education) -- Case studies; Lecture (Enseignement primaire); v