Poems for Building Reading Skills Level 1: Poems for Building Reading Skills

by Timothy Rasinski, Karen McGuigan Brothers

Overview

Enchant and motivate beginning readers with poetry that is fun to read and perform! Coauthored by fluency expert, Timothy Rasinski, this creative resource for grade 1 students encourages fluency and word study through playful, original content that will engage both reluctant and skilled readers. The easy-to-use, standards-based lessons and purposeful activity pages address key literacy skills. Each book also includes an Audio CD that can be used to support fluency and comprehension.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781425806750
Publisher:	Shell Education
Publication date:	03/15/2010
Series:	The Poet and the Professor
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

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Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a professor emeritus of literary education at Kent State University and was previously director of its award-winning reading clinic. Dr. Rasinski is the author of numerous best-selling books, articles, and curriculum programs on literacy education and has co-authored many resources for Shell Education including Building Vocabulary with Greek and Latin Roots: A Professional Guide to Word Knowledge and Vocabulary Development, Starting with Prefixes and Suffixes, Practice with Prefixes, Vocabulary Ladders: Understanding Word Nuances series, Getting to the Roots of Content-Area Vocabulary series, Idioms and Other English Expressions series, Close Reading with Paired Texts series, Rhymes for the Times: Literacy Strategies through Social Studies, Weekly Word Roots: 52 Quick Activities for Building Vocabulary, Build Reading Fluency: Practice and Performance with Reader's Theater and More, as well as Teacher Created Material’s curriculum resource Building Vocabulary series.

Dr. Rasinski is a frequent, well-known presenter nationwide and was named one of the top 2% most-cited scientists in the world. His major interests include reading fluency, word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. Dr. Rasinski served on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world’s most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. Dr. Rasinski was elected to the International Reading Hall of Fame and was awarded the International Literacy Association’s highest honor—the William S. Gray Citation of Merit—for his contributions to the field of literacy.

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