Literary Conversations in the Classroom: Deepening Understanding of Nonfiction and Narrative Contributor(s): Barone, Diane (Author), Barone, Rebecca (Author), Lapp, Diane (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807757330 ISBN-13: 9780807757338 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Elementary - Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills |
Dewey: 372.640 |
LCCN: 2016032654 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Combining research with real-life classroom examples, this book demonstrates how high-level conversations centered on fiction and nonfiction can promote students' understanding and help them meet and exceed a spectrum of standards. The authors demonstrate how to use literary conversations in small, heterogeneous groups to address multiple expectations within classrooms, such as close reading, vocabulary, background knowledge, literal and inferential comprehension, and responses to multimodal interpretation, nonfiction text features, and graphic organizers. The text includes the theoretical why, and the very practical how-to, to help teachers (grades 3-8) successfully implement serious, sustained student-group conversations about their reading. The recommendations for heterogeneous groups, rather than groups based on book selection or reading ability, will support all students--struggling readers and those reading at or above grade level. This practical resource shows teachers how to:
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