Teaching Reading in Middle School (Grades 5 & Up) | 
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| Author: Laura Robb
Brand: Scholastic
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 179131
Media: Paperback
Pages: 318
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.8
MPN: SC-0590685600
ISBN: 0590685600
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.40712
UPC: 078073685608
EAN: 9780590685603
ASIN: 0590685600
Publication Date: August 1, 2000
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| • | In this resource, youll get the big picture of teaching reading in middle school, including research and the practical details you need to help every student become a better reader. |
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Item #: SHS0590685600. Teaching Reading in Middle School
In this resource, you'll get the "big picture" of teaching reading in middle school, including research and the practical details you need to help every student become a better reader. 7 x 9. 320 pages. Grades 5 and up.
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Amazon.com Review
Laura Robb is one of a rare breed of teachers: She not only tolerates, but actually thrives on teaching middle schoolers. For her, their high energy level, regular challenges to adults, and constant seeking of identity and peer support make them a fascinating, rewarding group, even if they are occasionally rebellious, outrageous, or irritating. In Teaching Reading in Middle School, this teaching veteran of 35-plus years imparts her zeal for teaching this age group even as she explains exactly what makes it so different. The thesis of the book is fairly straightforward: becoming a successful reader is a goal within most middle-school students' reach. When educators remember that middle schoolers want to be "actively involved in research, reading, writing, talking, and thinking about topics that are relevant to their lives," they will be able to help their students build a solid foundation for learning. Robb focuses on strategic reading, comprehension, and creating a workshop atmosphere in the classroom, and packs her chapters with callouts, text boxes, quotations, checklists, 45-minute workshop block schedules, and very useful bibliographies and appendices. This highly organized, comprehensive guide to teaching reading will be a tremendous boon to educators who want to make a difference in the lives of the adolescents they teach. --Emilie Coulter
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 So helpful! January 30, 2007
Reader
Laura Robb's book saved me as I went from teaching second grade to
sixth grade. Filled with strategy lessons to use before, during, and
after reading, journal writing, assessment suggestions, this book has
been my beacon, my resource. Equally important, my students are
developing the tools they need to improve their comprehension, and
their ability to think and connect with information. Robb's voice is
honest and represents the best in her years of teaching.
A Good Resource January 14, 2007
Cynthia Stokes (Bronx, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This books has a lot of good ideas and activities for teaching reading in middle school. It has practical advice and sound methods for supporting literacy in the classroom. This book should be in every teacher's reference library.
 There are much better books June 20, 2003
Gulley Jimson (Bethesda, MD)
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
Linda Rief's Seeking Diversity and Nancie Atwell's In The Middle offered a great deal more that was helpful and insightful. This book had much less content - plenty of big print, lots of pictures and charts - and what was there was rather basic. Rief's book is better for concrete activities that kids will actually enjoy, and Atwell's book has a novel and solid philosophy that I think will offer more real guidance than any number of handouts on journal formats. I mainly used the book for some information on books that middle schoolers would like, but honestly other teachers and my own students had much more to tell me.
Helpful April 27, 2003
Ms. Reader (Wenatchee, WA United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great book. I teach middle school reading intervention. I have used many of the techniques with my kids. The five finger rule for picking out a book that is at their reading level is very helpful. I also like the questions about reading.
Great for first timers that need to "get started" February 12, 2003
M. Tarpley (Hemet, Ca United States)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good starter book for those diving into the world of teaching their first English class. The only downside to the book is it's small size format which makes reproducing some the pages look like you "shrunk" them down instead of them being full size. Easy reading on how to teach reading strategies. . . not how to teach students how to read.
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