Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference

Teaching Children to Read, 8th Edition offers a research-based, practical, and comprehensive approach to teaching literacy in K-8 classrooms. In an era of rigorous standards, this guide provides the essential information and strategies pre-service and new teachers need to help their students develop into capable and confident readers.

The importance of the teacher’s role is emphasized throughout the text using seven pillars of effective reading instruction:

• Teacher Knowledge: Understanding the foundations of literacy.
• Classroom Assessment: Using data to drive instructional decisions.
• Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies: Implementing proven methods for student success.
• Response to Intervention (RTI): Supporting students through multi-tiered systems of support.
• Motivation and Engagement: Creating an environment where students want to read.
• Technology and New Literacies: Integrating modern tools into the reading curriculum.
• Family and Community Connections: Building partnerships beyond the classroom.

Filled with recommendations from the Institute of Education Sciences’ What Works Clearinghouse and links to instructional modules, this edition provides the research-based tools and knowledge needed to plan and deliver up-to-date, effective reading instruction in today’s classrooms.

Book Details

• Author: D. Reutzel
• Edition: 8th
• Publisher: Pearson
• ISBN-13: 978-0134742571
• Publication Date: January 10, 2018