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A Must Have for those who teach Reading
I have been doing alot of professional reading on strategies to help my students comprehend what they read.I teach reluctant readers and this is one of the best I've read for middle school comprehension.This puts a new spin on strategies I've already been doing.This book plus Strategic Reading-Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy 6-12 by Jeffrey Wilhelm are my strategic plans for learning-centered teaching: I do You watch, I do You help, You do I help and You do I watch.Powerful research!!!!

I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
This is one of the most helpful books about teaching struggling readers that I've ever read.The strategies were immediately applicable to my work with learning disabled teenagers, and the book is written in a very clear and conversational style.It's like sitting down for a great discussion with a master reading teacher.Highly recommended.

Teachers of Teens: Read This!
Try this book: easily readable, conversational, and inspirational, it develops ways to reach those who do not really understand what they read. There are anecdotal narratives, each with suggestions for techniques to use in the classroom, and these help focus on the problem as well as possible solutions. I would like to see it used in teacher training classes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Reading    4. Reading (Secondary)    5. Reading Skills    6. Reading comprehension    7. Remedial teaching    8. Secondary    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. General    3. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    4. Reading    5. Research    6. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    7. English    8. English language: reading skills    9. Teaching of a specific subject   

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practical qnd classroom friendly
This book is a wonderful resource book for any Language Arts teacher.The key to successfully using it is to find out what the child needs to learn to do to become a better reader.Then Mrs. Beers has listed what to do, and even shows how it has worked with real students.I know the activities could be used with first graders and on up.I taught Reading Recovery for ten years and have studied struggling readers for forty years, and I know these resources will work.I also like the authors she used to gather her research.She didn't just research through books, but also practiced these herself.Mrs. Beers has included places for busy teachers to go easily to find the materials to use.All Language Arts teachers shoud use this book.

When Kids Can't Read What TEachers Can Do
This is a great book for ESL teachers, new teachers and even seasoned teachers that need to help their kids think higher level and need help with comprehension.I have enjoyed everything in it!!!I am not finished but I am already implementing many of the ideas for comprehension.This purchase has been the best money I have spent in a long time!

I love this book!
I love this book!As a future teacher, it is very helpful.It gives many tips on how to help your reluctant reader.It also is an easy read and not boring what-so-ever. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Reading    5. Reading (Middle school)    6. Reading (Secondary)    7. Remedial teaching    8. Secondary    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    10. English    11. English language    12. Literacy    13. Reading skills    14. Teaching of a specific subject   

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AMAZING. The bible of literacy.
This is the book you need for creating and maintaining a solid and authentic classroom literacy program. "The First Twenty Days" alone is extreemely helpful. You can start small and grow as you feel comfortable. A little overwhelming at times but worth it!

Guiding Readers and Writers
Excellent resource.Everything needed to start a reading/writing/word study workshop.My book is full of sticky notes of things to use!

Excellent Resource for Teachers !
Definitely one of the most useful and comprehensive reading and writing resources that I have ever purchased for my professional library.The price is very reasonable as well! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Composition and exercises    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. English language    5. Language arts (Elementary)    6. Reading (Elementary)    7. Study and teaching    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    10. English    11. English language: reading skills    12. English language: writing skills    13. Teaching of a specific subject   

Subjects:  1. Curricula    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Elementary    5. English Orthography    6. English language    7. Foreign speakers    8. Illiteracy And Literacy Education    9. Language    10. Language Arts & Disciplines    11. Literacy    12. Orthography and spelling    13. Spelling    14. Study and teaching    15. Study and teaching (Elementary)    16. Vocabulary    17. Education / Curricula    18. English    19. English language: reading skills    20. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Memory, thinking skills, creativity - great book
Mind Performance Hacks includes the usual fare of all memory books - various memory systems including the Major and Dominic Systems and variations of them.However, these authors go beyond the memory books by including many of the newer concepts in information processing such as mind mapping, dealing with cruft, ways of increasing creativity, capturing creative thoughts and using your creative self to resolve current issues.They also include some neat math tricks and techniques to quickly check the results of calculations for accuracy, estimate square roots, and other quick calculations.Unusual areas include better decision making and communications, bringing clarity to your life by working with emotional problems, and using meditation.And of course they include things to do to exercise your brain and keep it in tip top shape.Mind Performance Hacks: Tips and Tools for Overclocking Your Brain is highly recommended and was well beyond what I had expected from the title.

Brilliant book...
This is one of the best books I have ever read. So well written, so pragmatic and useful. If you want to grow and excel in life and career, this is the best investment you will make...

More than hacks - fascinating and helpful
Mind Performance Hacks is much more than a "hack" book.I didn't expect to read all of it since you normally only read
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Subjects:  1. General    2. Intellect    3. Mental efficiency    4. Personal Growth - General    5. Problems, exercises, etc    6. Psychology    7. Reading Skills    8. Self-Help    9. Thought and thinking    10. Business & Management    11. General Theory of Computing    12. Human information processing    13. Memory    14. Popular psychology    15. Self-Help / Personal Growth / General    16. mental mind memory cognitive thinking productivity math creativity critical decision information   

Subjects:  1. Action research in education    2. Cognitive learning    3. Education    4. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    5. Literacy    6. Reading Skills    7. Reading comprehension    8. Research    9. Cognition & cognitive psychology    10. English    11. English language: reading skills    12. Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy    13. Language learning: specific skills    14. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Fantastic book!!!
This book really helped mer to understand doiing a reading assessment and i felt extremely comfortable doing the assessment.

Basic Reading Inventory
Immediate results from the assessments. Not as easy to use as Marie Clay's running Records, but all inclusive. The CD-ROM is great for reproducables, but many pages have to be pulled out of the book and put in page protectectors. Still a great method to diagnose and assess children's reading. One of those college books you will keep.

Excellent Reading Assement
This is an excellent book for professionals who can take the time to learn to give this kind of informal reading assessment. The format is very organized, clear, and easy to read. The author has numerous years of experience as a teacher/educator and it is apparent in the assesment he has designed. The information the assessment generates is very useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ability testing    2. Education    3. General    4. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    5. Language Experience Approach    6. Reading    7. Reading (Elementary)    8. Reading (Secondary)    9. Reading Skills    10. Language Arts & Disciplines / Reading Skills    11. READING COMPREHENSION    12. READING_ABILITY TESTING   

Subjects:  1. Developmental - Child    2. Education    3. Infants & Toddlers - General    4. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    5. Language acquisition    6. Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers/General    7. Linguistics    8. Literacy    9. Preschool & Kindergarten    10. Psychology    11. Child care & upbringing    12. Reading skills   

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Good book to strengthen writing skills for students
I actually purchased this book becuase it helped give me some inspiration for addtional exercises for my ESL students because I thought that some of the material in the text we were using was not covered effectively.I really like this book, and can be used for high level ESL or native English writing.Easy to follow, well-ordered, and overall a good writing skills text.

A very useful text
We use Susan Fawcett's book 'Evergreen' in writing courses at the community college where I work, as well as in our Tutoring Center (we also use her book 'Grassroots', which is a good companion at the more basic level).Whereas 'Grassroots' is for those who need help writing sentences and with more basic grammar concepts, the 'Evergreen' book is for those who have mastered that level of writing, and are ready to develop more fully structured themes and essays.
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Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. General    3. Grammar    4. Language    5. Language Arts & Disciplines    6. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    7. Reading Skills   

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from a teacher
This book has helped me tremendously in redesigning my reading program.As a special education teacher I am always looking for new concepts when it comes to my struggling readers.

Excellent, research-based, trustworthy.
Dr. Richard Allington continues to provide a research-based perspective that goes beyond the quick fixes, commercial-for-profit programs, and the political rhetoric of the day.If you really want to understand reading and learn a variety of research-based strategies that can be used to enhance reading, this is the book for you.There are plenty of practical strategies for teachers as well as parents.However, if you are looking for simplistic fixes (more phonics, more tests, more homework), I would advise you to go to your conservative "think" tanks and listen to politicians who have never read a research study.

Explains concepts in an easy to understand manner
How beneficial you will find this book depends on your background.If you are a parent, teacher, or college student trying to learn about basic research on reading, then this book is for you. This book gave me a nice review, but if you are familiar with the original research, you may want to skip this as something you already know.
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Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Research    4. Language Experience Approach    5. Methodology    6. Reading    7. Remedial Reading (Educational Aspects)    8. Remedial teaching    9. Research    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    11. United States    12. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General    13. Industrial or vocational training    14. Reading skills   

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Excellent Condition
This book arrived in excellent condition and in a timely fashion.I was able to use it before I went back to school and I need it to teach elementary and middle school aged students in the fall.Thank you very much.

Teaching for comprehending and Fluency: thinking, talking, and writing about reading, K-8
I was very happy with the speed it was shipped and condition of the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Language arts (Elementary)    4. Reading (Elementary)    5. Reading And Reading Improvement    6. Reading Education (General)    7. Reading Skills    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading   

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The best book I've read on creating readers....
One and a half years ago, my kindergartener was reading at a 3rd grade level but lacked "comprehension". While he could retell basic plot elements, he appeared to lack any ability to synthesize or think about what he had read.
Good read!
This book is easy to read and follow.I am studying to teach and this is one of the few books not written by a Dr. so it offers a fresh perspective!

Important Home and Classroom Education
Who doesn't like to be read to?This book solidifies the feeling that reading to children builds their vocabulary, their desire to read and more over their ability to read fluently.It's all about modeling.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Literature - General    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Juvenile Literature    5. Language    6. Language Arts & Disciplines    7. Language Experience Approach    8. Oral reading    9. Reading Education (General)    10. Reading Skills    11. Reference    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    13. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading   

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How to love reading
This book is an understandable way for parents to instill the love of reading into their children. It gives real, practical ways to encourage the child to think beyond the text and link their reading to real world experiences, other books they have read and their own feelings. A very good book for parents with children who are just learning to read.
Practical Pedagogy for the Home and for the Classroom
Usually, after a kid has learned her phonics, she can sit down with a book and explore its inner world. Sometimes, however, one encounters a kid who can read perfectly fine, but who just doesn't get it; no matter how many times she is asked to "focus", she will finish the book with little more information than with which she started. If you are entrusted with the education of the latter type of child, than this book can provide valuable insight and direction.
A MUST for Parents and Teachers
I devoured this book!!As a parent and a teacher, I know that this book is valuable for both groups.If children have the benefit of knowing how to think while they read, there can be no stopping them.All of us who love to read may not even realize what we are doing during this process but something wonderful happens when we are engaged with a book:To name and model the "7 Keys" for children is so important for their futures as good readers.Read more

Subjects:  1. Family & Relationships    2. Family/Marriage    3. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    4. Parent participation    5. Parenting - General    6. Reading    7. Reading Skills    8. Reading comprehension    9. Family & Relationships / Parenting   

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Mosaic of Thought : Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop
This is an excellent reference for teaching comprehension strategies in the elementary classroom. As a teacher, I refer to this book often. The authors have presented a straight forward guide explanining the importance and logic of their teaching methods. I have used these techniques in my own classroom. I have seen definite improvement in my sudents' comprehension. These improvements have been apparent in boh informal assessments as well as formal evaluations. I would definitely recommend this book to other teachers and homeschooling parents.

Excellent book for the progressive teacher
As an educator, I try to look for teacher's literature that goes beyond the worksheets and attempts to get at the belief system and structure of what is considered "best practices" in education. This book challenges teachers to delve/question their belief systems, practices and own schema to help better understand how our students think and eventually teaching them a new and deeper way of looking at literature.
Are you kidding me?
I read this during my master's program. It is alot of wasted text. I wish it had listed the strategies, attached appendices and not had so much additional mumbo jumbo. This is awesome for discussions on comprehension, but useless as a day to day guide. I will keep my Atwell and Fountas books on hand instead. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Language Arts & Disciplines    4. Language Experience Approach    5. Literature    6. Reading Education (General)    7. Reading Skills    8. Reading comprehension    9. Study and teaching    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    11. English    12. English (ie as school subject)    13. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Reading Comp Made Easy
This book gives good strategies to use with students to increase their reading comprehension. I am using the textbook for my reading and writing class but I know I will refer to it once I start teaching.

Great Ideas
The book arrived in time for me to use it for my Master's class. It was also utilized by a friend of mine who is already a teacher. She said the book is one of the best she's seen and needs to be used as textbook by Master's Programs in Education.
An excellent and highly useful resource
Of the many books on reading strategies, this one had the highest quantity of innovative activities (tools) that I need for my social studies and language arts classes. I love the many clever reproducibles and how they help develop the six reading strategies (habits) in engaging ways--especially for my students who are not usually interested in reading or becoming better readers! This book inspired me to model my thinking more as I read to students and to create my own visuals and activities that build comprehension processes. This will be a well-used book. Thanks! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. General    3. Language Arts & Disciplines    4. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    5. Reading (Secondary)    6. Reading comprehension    7. Study & Teaching    8. English    9. English language: reading skills    10. Teaching of a specific subject   

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It helps to get the book you actually ordered!!
I ordered the eigth edition Content Area Reading, but much to my surprise I received a very old edition of this book.Because I received the book so close to the beginning of the semester, I then had to go to the bookstore and purchase the correct edition!So the money I spent with this seller was completely wasted.NOT Someone I would order from again. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Content area reading    2. Curricula    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Literacy    6. Reading Education (General)    7. Study And Teaching Of Specific Subjects    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    9. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading    10. English    11. English language: reading skills    12. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Guided Reading Bible
This book is the step by step guide to teaching guided reading by reading levels.It also included the word cards, letter cards, dictation sentences and more that go with each lesson.I feel like I am a more effective teacher due to this book.It is a must have for teachers! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Group reading    4. Language Experience Approach    5. Reading    6. Reading (Elementary)    7. Reading Skills    8. Remedial teaching    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    10. English    11. English language: reading skills    12. Teaching of a specific subject   

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If you are new to leveling books...
This book is a great resource if you are new to leveling books. It has helped me a great deal because I don't have any of their other titles, so it is not a repeat of information. This book also has the levels of many newly published books. If you want more leveled books, though, I found a great website with tons of them for sale: www.whoossmart.com .

steep price, content lacking at times
This book possesses the unfortunate combination of a high price and too many missing book titles.Not a good value for the money, in my opinion.

FYI
The title should have been the first clue.This reference contains thousands of books that are already leveled by the companies who sell them in bundles of six.I was hoping that this resource would have more trade books written by authors whose intent is to engage and entertain children. As the levels increase, the number of trade books does too, but the majority of books are already leveled. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Books And Reading    2. Children    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Reading (Elementary)    7. Reading (Middle school)    8. Reference    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    10. English    11. English language: reading skills    12. Teaching of a specific subject   

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A good book for getting to college level
We use this text for the supplemental/academic skills courses we offer at my community college, for those people whose reading skills are rusty for a number of reasons, including having been out of school for a number of years (sometimes as long as four or five decades), not having paid attention in class in high school, or other low-level literacy related reasons.
Pretty good
This book offers a good basis for learning skills necessary for successful reading, especially academic reading. The end of chapter readings offer a good cross selection of topics.

Bridging the Gap/ Brenda Smith
This book needs to be worded differently. I think it is a waste of money having to take this class for an entire semester. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Education / Teaching    3. English Composition    4. Higher    5. Language    6. Language Arts & Disciplines    7. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    8. Literacy    9. Reading (Higher education)    10. Reading Skills    11. Study skills    12. Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing