From Phonics to Fluency by Timothy Rasinski

From Phonics to Fluency by Timothy Rasinski

KEY BENEFIT: Two of today’s most respected literacy educators provide aspiring and veteran teachers alike with practical, workable, fresh approaches to word study that students find authentic, engaging, and enjoyable.   KEY TOPICS: Word study and fluency; assessment; instructional routines; using authentic texts; teaching phonemic awareness; onsets, rimes, and basic phonic patterns; teaching advanced word patterns; understanding word walls, word banks, and word sorts; making and writing words; contextual word recognition; LEAs; word games; using spelling in word learning; reading fluency; teaching phonics and fluency; involving parents.   MARKET: Aspiring and in-service pre-K and elementary teachers, reading specialists, and coaches

Full of practical advice and even the newest teacher will be able to implement a thoughtful, sensible, and engaging reading programThis text represents the BEST of advice for beginning reading instruction.  I wholeheartedly believe that From Phonics to Fluency should be required reading for EVERY reading teacher from kindergarten to 5th grade.  This text is easy to read, chock-full of brilliant advice, and eminently doable for every teacher.   - Judy Mazur, 5th Grade Teacher, Buena Vista Elementary School, Walnut Creek, CA       Dr. Rasinski and Dr. Padak know the hearts and minds of today’s classroom teachers because they do something few reading researchers do—they still work with children.   -  Tracy Hendrix, Academic Coach, Carnesville Elementary School, Carnesville, GA

Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education. His major interests include working with children who find reading difficult, phonics and reading fluency instruction, and teacher development in literacy education. He has published over 100 articles and 10 books on various aspects of reading education. Dr. Rasinski is past editor of The Reading Teacher and is currently an editor for the Journal of Literacy Research. He has served as president of the College Reading Association and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association. He earned bachelor degrees in economics and education at the University of Akron and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His master's degree in special education also comes from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Rasinski was awarded the Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.   Nancy Padak was a Distinguished Professor of Education at Kent State University where she directed the Reading and Writing Center and taught graduate courses in literacy education. She received the honor of Kent State University Distinguished Professor. She was a part of the team that wrote the initial grant to fund the state literacy resource center at Kent State University-Ohio Literacy Resource Center (OLRC) and has been a middle school and high school classroom teacher and K-12 administrator in a large urban school district. She frequently works with teachers and has written or edited a dozen books and more than 100 scholarly articles. Nancy is a past College Reading Association President and a former Editor of The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Literacy Research.

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ISBN 13	9780132855228
ISBN 10	0132855224
Title	From Phonics to Fluency
Author	Timothy Rasinski
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2012-11-09
Number of pages	336
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