Education Professional Development
Powerful Readers
Thinking strategies to guide literacy instruction in secondary classrooms
- Publisher
- Pembroke Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2016
- Category
- Professional Development, Secondary
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551383132
- Publish Date
- Oct 2016
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781551389196
- Publish Date
- Sep 2016
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
At any age or grade level, powerful readers are those who are aware of their thinking as they read. The assumption is that high school students don't need to be taught how to read; but even if they can decode words and gain literal understanding, they often don't think deeply about what they are reading. Presenting a balance of theory and practical lessons, Powerful Readers demonstrates that instruction in the key strategies of connecting, visualizing, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and transforming can help students develop their reading skills and get more out of their work with fiction and nonfiction. Step-by-step lessons for introducing and using the strategies, connections to literary devices, and reading lists for each strategy are all part of this valuable resource.
About the authors
Kyla Hadden has taught in North-Okanagan Shuswap in beautiful British Columbia for more than 15 years. She began her career at the elementary level and moved on to the secondary level a dozen years ago. A popular speaker on many aspects of professional learning, her teaching and speaking allows Kyla to explore her two passions: literacy and history. Kyla currently resides in Salmon Arm, BC.
Vesna Balac is Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Radiologic Sciences Programs at Indiana University Northwest. Currently a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, she is a member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, the Association of Educators in Radiologic Sciences (A.E.I.R.S.) and Indiana Society of Radiologic Technologists. Ms. Balac earned her B.S. in Radiologic Sciences from Indiana University Northwest and an M.S. in Adult Education from Indiana University, Bloomington.
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