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Highlights
- The essential guide to teaching literacy skills to K-3 students Reach All Readers is filled with practical tools for every kindergarten and early grade educator.
- About the Author: Anna Geiger, M.Ed., is a former classroom teacher who currently serves teachers through her website, The Measured Mom.
- 272 Pages
- Education, Teaching Methods & Materials
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Book Synopsis
The essential guide to teaching literacy skills to K-3 students
Reach All Readers is filled with practical tools for every kindergarten and early grade educator. This book addresses the science behind how students learn to read and how educators can apply this information in their classrooms every day. It is jam packed with research on literacy, spelled out in an easy-for-anyone-to-understand way. You'll also find evidence-based routines and activities to apply in the classroom. Learn the "how" of teaching literacy, and gain an understanding of why these approaches work. Charts and graphics illustrate concepts, so you can visualize how the big picture connects to practical applications and approaches. With Reach All Readers, teaching literacy is a breeze!
This reader-friendly guide to the science of reading education will help you improve your reading instruction with research-backed strategies. Literacy expert Anna Geiger breaks down complex concepts and presents them in an easy-to-digest format. Then, she offers concrete ideas you can implement immediately.
- Get all the must-know information about K-3 literacy education in one place
- Understand the latest research on how students learn and get tools for putting that research into practice
- Follow concrete lesson plans and practical tips to level up your literacy teaching
- Develop a big-picture understanding of literacy education so you know how best to help each and every student
Anyone responsible for teaching K-3 students reading, writing, and literacy skills--including teachers, homeschoolers, tutors, parents, and administrators--will want a copy of Reach All Readers.
From the Back Cover
Everything you need to teach early literacy, in one place
"Anna Geiger has managed, with this book, to fill a special gap in the reading instruction library. She has written both from the heart and from a critical, open mind, of her painful but illuminating discoveries about the reading process and how best to support children on their reading journeys. Educators will feel safe, challenged, and informed in equal measure."
--PAMELA SNOW, PHD, MAPS, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Co-Director, Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab, La Trobe University, Australia
Using evidence-based teaching practices can help young learners progress as they develop reading, writing, and other literacy skills. But busy teachers don't have the time or energy to study complicated research articles. This book does the work for you by summarizing the research and showing you exactly how to apply it.
With a clear, easy-to-read style and helpful illustrations, Reach All Readers explains how students learn, so you can make the best use of classroom time. Sample lesson plans indicate how to teach each concept, so you'll have exactly what you need to get started. In this invaluable guide, Anna Geiger makes the science of reading accessible to everyone.
About the Author
Anna Geiger, M.Ed., is a former classroom teacher who currently serves teachers through her website, The Measured Mom. She has shared articles, activities, and practical advice on teaching young readers and writers since 2013. Anna also hosts Triple R Teaching, a weekly podcast on literacy and the science of reading.
