Teaching Reading in the 21st Century

Michael F. Graves, Connie Juel, Bonnie B. Graves

Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2007 - Education - 533 pages

With new chapters on fluency and motivation and a greatly expanded Assessments and Lesson Plans booklet, Teaching Reading in the 21st Century maintains the friendly voice of its widely recognized author team and its superior coverage of assessment for learning, and strengthens its commitment to a rich, balanced, and comprehensive program of reading instruction. READ THE NEW MOTIVATION AND ENGAGMENT CHAPTER NOW: Click on Sample Chapter the left menu bar. Informed by the latest research on topics ranging from phonemic awareness and phonics to teaching comprehension strategies and assessment, this text provides the knowledge base, skills, and assessment strategies that all teachers need to guide elementary students successfully toward literacy for the 21st Century--using reading and writing for thinking, problem solving, and communicating. Always practical, this edition is even richer in first-person accounts, instructional routines, classroom vignettes, and hands-on literacy activities. approaches; fostering the love of reading; and successfully teaching all students--mainstream and minority, native speakers of English and English-language learners, and special needs and gifted--to become able and eager readers. All the chapters have been extensively updated and the text contains well over 100 new references and 100 new children's books!

About the author

Connie Juel received a B.A. in Spanish, a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Stanford University. She taught elementary school for three years. She has been a professor at several universities including Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Idaho, and the University of Virginia. She is currently a Professor of Education at Stanford University. She received the Oscar S. Causey Award for outstanding reading research from the National Reading Conference in 2002. She was elected to the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame in 2001. Her works include Walking with Rosie: A Cautionary Tale of Early Reading Instruction, Teaching Children to Read: What Do We Know about How to Do It?, Teaching Reading in the 21st Century, Book Buddies: A Tutoring Framework for Struggling Readers, and Taking a Long View of Reading Development.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Teaching Reading in the 21st Century
• Authors: Michael F. Graves, Connie Juel, Bonnie B. Graves
• Edition: 4, illustrated
• Publisher: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2007
• ISBN: 0205492649, 9780205492640
• Length: 533 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics