Guiding Readers Through Non-Fiction
Effective Strategies for Small-Group Instruction
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2007
- Category
- Elementary
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553791249
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $28.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553792383
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $21.00
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Description
Written for grades 4–7 teachers and students, Guiding Readers Through Non-Fiction is an easy-to-use resource. It provides essential background information on the nature of nonfiction and how to use nonfiction in small guided-reading groups. The book is filled with many ready-to-use student handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, assessment checklists, and planning guidelines. In this resource, you will find: teaching suggestions and strategies to help students engage with various forms of nonfiction necessary information for implementing guided-reading practices in the classroom effective strategies to incorporate successful small-group instruction in the classroom plans and suggestions for structuring the guided-reading lesson
About the authors
Tom Rossi has been an educator for the past 24 years. He has worked with children at elementary, junior-high and senior-high levels. He has conducted leadership training seminars and regularly provides in-service for fellow educators. He is currently the principal of a Winnipeg elementary school. In his spare time, he enjoys marathon training, boxing, and travelling. Tom lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Sharon.
Dave Leochko, a grade 6 teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been teaching for the past 24 years. He is the co-author of two other books published by Portage & Main Press, Guiding Readers Through Non-Fiction and Literature Circles: Tools and Techniques. In his spare time, Dave enjoys the outdoors, photography, and boxing.