The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists - (J-B Ed: Book of Lists) 6th Edition by Jacqueline E Kress & Edward B Fry (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists is the definitive instructional resource for anyone who teaches reading or works in a K-12 English language arts-related field. Newly revised and ready for instant application, this top seller provides up-to-date reading, writing, and language content in more than 240 lists for developing targeted instruction, plus section briefs linking content to research-based teaching practices. This new sixth edition includes a guide that maps the lists to specific Common Core standards for easy lesson planning, and features fifty brand-new lists on: academic and domain-specific vocabulary, foundation skills, rhyming words, second language development, context clues, and more. This edition also includes an expanded writing section that covers registers, signal and transition words, and writers' craft. Brimming with practical examples, key words, teaching ideas, and activities that can be used as-is or adapted to students' needs, these lists are ready to differentiate instruction for an individual student, small-group, or planning multilevel instruction for your whole class.

Reading is the center of all school curricula due to recent state and federal initiatives including rigorous standards and new assessments. This book allows to you skip years of curating content and dive right into the classroom armed with smart, relevant, and effective plans.

• Develop focused learning materials quickly and easily
• Create unit-specific Common Core aligned lesson plans
• Link classroom practice to key research in reading, language arts and learning
• Adapt ready-made ideas to any classroom or level

It's more important than ever for students to have access to quality literacy instruction. Timely, up to date, and distinctively smart, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists should be on every English language arts teacher's desk, librarian's shelf, literacy coach's resource list, and reading professor's radar.

From the Back Cover

The Essential Handbook for Reading and Literacy Teachers

This thoroughly revised edition of the bestselling classic is filled with hundreds of lists that can be used as is or adapted to meet students' needs. The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, Sixth Edition provides a wealth of practical examples, key words, teaching ideas, and activities designed for individual, small group, or large group use. The book is organized into 18 sections covering:

• Foundations
• Phonics
• Useful Words
• Vocabulary Builders
• Content Literacy
• Books
• Comprehension
• Fluency
• Language
• Spelling
• Writing
• Teaching Ideas
• English Language Learners
• Word Play
• Alphabets and Symbols
• Information Literacy
• Digital Resources

This edition is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and features scores of lists available for free download from the publisher's web site.

Praise for The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, Sixth Edition

"This is the reading resource book of all reading resource books! The lists range from the profound to the peculiar, from the serious to the silly--and they all have to do with reading! I cannot imagine any reading teacher or reading specialist worth her or his salt without this book in their professional library."
--Timothy Rasinski, PHD, Professor of Literacy Education, Kent State University

"I've always had a high regard for The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, and the sixth edition has more important resources than ever before. What a treasure chest! Teachers, curriculum developers, parents, and teacher educators will want this book at their fingertips."
--Isabel L. Beck, PHD, Professor Emerita, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

About the Author

JACQUELINE E. KRESS, EDD, is a tenured Professor of Education at Georgian Court University's School of Education in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. She is the author of The ESL Teacher's Book of Lists from Jossey-Bass.

EDWARD B. FRY, PHD, (1925-2010), was Professor Emeritus of Education at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Internationally known for his Readability Graph, Fry was the author of more than 30 books.