Title The first R : every child's right to read / Michael F. Graves, Paul van den Broek, Barbara M. Taylor, editors

Published New York : Teachers College Press ; Newark, DE : International Reading Association, [1996] ©1996

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Description xix, 296 pages ; 24 cm Series Language and literacy series Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.) Contents Introduction: The Continuing Quest Toward Literacy for All Children / Michael F. Graves -- Ch. 1. Literacy and Learning / Ernest L. Boyer -- Ch. 2. Creating and Sustaining a Love of Literature ... And the Ability to Read It / Elfrieda H. Hiebert -- Ch. 3. What It Means to Learn to Read / Charles A. Perfetti and Sulan Zhang -- Response: Looking Beyond Ourselves to Help All Children Learn to Read / Barbara M. Taylor -- Ch. 4. Literature-Based Curricula in High-Poverty Schools / Richard Allington, Sherry Guice, Nancy Michelson, Kim Baker and Shouming Li -- Ch. 5. Questioning the Author: An Approach to Developing Meaningful Classroom Discourse / Margaret G. McKeown, Isabel L. Beck and Cheryl A. Sandora -- Response: Howling in the Wind: Academics Try to Change Classroom Reading Instruction / S. Jay Samuels -- Ch. 6. Preventing and Remediating Reading Disabilities: Instructional Variables That Make a Difference for Special Students / Joseph K. Torgesen and Steven A. Hecht Ch. 7. How Do Children Understand What They Read and What Can We Do to Help Them? / Tom Trabasso and Joseph P. Magliano -- Response: On Becoming Literate: The Many Sources of Success and Failure in Reading / Paul van den Broek -- Ch. 8. Improving the Literacy Achievement of Low-Income Students of Diverse Backgrounds / Kathryn H. Au and Claire L. Asam -- Ch. 9. Assessing Critical Literacy: Tools and Techniques / Robert Calfee -- Response: Improving Literacy Instruction and Assessment for All Children / Susan M. Watts -- Conclusion: Reclaiming the Center / P. David Pearson Notes At foot of title page: International Reading Association Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Children -- Language. Reading (Elementary) Reading (Primary) Reading comprehension. Author Broek, Paulus Willem van den, 1955- Graves, Michael F. Taylor, Barbara, 1950 April 11- International Reading Association. LC no. 96015093 ISBN 0807735337 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807735809 (paperback: alk. paper)

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