Creating Strategic Readers

Techniques for Developing Competency in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension

Valerie Ellery

“Well-organized, thoughtful, and provides a comprehensive framework to aid any teacher in effectively teaching to state standards and NCLB’s Reading First legislation.”
— Education Librarian

Use this comprehensive resource to align your instruction with current standards and to give your students the best possible foundation for reading achievement. Organized around the five essential components of reading instruction identified in the report of the U.S. National Reading Panel, this book

Lays the groundwork for creating a comprehensive literacy classroom

Gives you overviews of the components

Presents teaching techniques aligned to the developmental stages of reading

Offers examples of teacher talk

An IRA Book Club selection, February 2005

© 2005 | 252 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-561-3 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-561-0

Also of interest:

Creating Strategic Readers: Teaching Techniques for Primary and Intermediate Grades video (available in VHS or DVD format)

Creating Strategic Readers: Teaching Techniques for the Primary Grades video (available in VHS or DVD format)

Creating Strategic Readers: Teaching Techniques for the Intermediate Grades video (available in VHS or DVD format)

Special savings:

Save when you purchase the Creating Strategic Readers book and four-video set together:

Creating Strategic Readers package (book and VHS)

Creating Strategic Readers package (book and DVD)

Related ReadWriteThink.org lesson plans:

“Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking”

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