Overview
This book has to power to change the way teachers approach teaching content from textbooks. It shows them how to use textbooks in an engaging and meaningful way so that students no longer feel daunted by the sheer volume of information. Graphics and examples are inluded to help busy teachers implement suggestions quickly and engage their students. The book will help educators focus sharply on their students' comprehension and ensure students rise to the level expected.
Full Product Details
Author: Nancy Akhavan ,
Jennifer Serravallo
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.880kg
ISBN: 9781452286501
ISBN 10: 1452286507
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 April 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Spiral bound
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
I love what Nancy Akhavan has done! She meshes best practices with what's best about the Common Core--and never loses sight of what motivates students to read in the first place: worthy texts and clear purposes for reading them. If I had to choose, what I love best are the lessons, organizers, and these great short texts--all for enhancing student understanding. I'm ready to use this book. Now! --Leslie Blauman, Author of The Common Core Companion, Grades 3-5
When you read this book what shines through is: Nancy is a teacher. Only a teacher would know that this is just-the-right book for teachers, right now. Right now, with the pressures to help kids read more and more complex texts, Nancy has a solution that is sensible... Now, just as it's always been, it's about comprehension. -- Jennifer Serravallo, Author of Independent Reading Assessment A practical look at teaching nonfiction texts. The ideas in this book will guide upper-elementary and middle school teachers toward success with the demands of reading for information. The lessons will get you started tomorrow and will allow for increased proficiency for students. -- Douglas Fisher, Coauthor of Rigorous Reading I predict this will be one of the most dog-eared, tattered, sticky-noted books in your professional library. As teachers face the challenge of incorporating more nonfiction into our teaching, Nancy Akhavan has seamlessly blended research, critical foundational information and endlessly useful teaching tactics into one go-to resource. -- Ellin Keene, Author of Talk About Understanding I love what Nancy Akhavan has done! She meshes best practices with what's best about the Common Core--and never loses sight of what motivates students to read in the first place: worthy texts and clear purposes for reading them. If I had to choose, what I love best are the lessons, organizers, and these great short texts--all for enhancing student understanding. I'm ready to use this book. Now! -- Leslie Blauman, Author of The Common Core Companion, Grades 3-5
Author Information
Dr. Nancy Akhavan has spent more than 30 years as an educator and consultant. Her work focuses on student support through literacy instruction and intervention, English Language Development, leadership development and organizational systems to increase student achievement. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Fresno State. She is the founder of Nancy Akhavan Consulting, Inc. Dr. Akhavan has been a bilingual teacher, principal of three schools, and a district administrator of a large urban district for ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science and World Languages. She also served as Assistant Superintendent Secondary Division in a large urban school district. Dr. Akhavan is recognized for her expertise in teaching literacy practices and has published twelve books that focus on instruction that increases student achievement, and has worked with districts and county offices in multiple states and internationally to increase student achievement in reading, writing, and in content areas.
