Böcker av Larry Swartz

Based on what we now know about reading, this practical book offers strategies in a consistent format that is easy for teachers to incorporate in their daily instruction. This grab-bag of classroom-tested activities allows teachers to choose what they need to meet the diverse needs of students in grades 1 to 8.

Shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children's literature.

Discover key strategies for making words the core of classroom instruction and engagement. Literacy guru Larry Swartz offers novel ways to expand students' interest in and facility with words and word power - day by day, word by word.

This practical resource highlights more than 50 instructional strategies that invite students to work inside and outside a book through reading, writing, talk, and arts experiences. It is based on extensive research, highlighting the work of guest voices that include classroom teachers, Occasional teachers, Special Education teachers and librarians who share their best literacy practices.

Based on extensive research, this highly-readable book explores a wide range of recommended titles that cover a spectrum of developmental stages for readers of chapter books to young adult novels. Committed to nurturing the love of reading, the book invites readers to dig deeper in their understanding and appreciation of books by responding through writing, discussion, the arts, media, and more.

Create meaningful and unique learning opportunities with this comprehensive outline of improvisation and interpretation strategies that are easily incorporated into classroom instruction. This practical and useful book offers a host of sources for dramatic activity that include scripts, monologues, poetry, novel excerpts, and technology.

A deeper way of looking at picture books as tools for learning, this handy flip book describes how experiencing and responding to picture books can lead readers to new understandings, new learnings, and new wonderings. The book includes tips, charts, graphic organizers, and activities for use in the classroom or independently.