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Books for Educators and Administrators on Reading

Straight Talk About Reading, by Susan L. Hall and Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D.

Straight Talk About Reading addresses childhood reading development, the importance of parental efforts before school age, and early identification of reading difficulties. 
I've DIBEL'd Now What? By Susan L. Hall, Ed.D. I've DIBEL'd Now What? is a teacher training book which captures the essence of Susan Hall's on-site training course in DIBELS scoring and administration. 
Implementing Response to Intervention, A Principal's Guide, by Susan L. Hall, Ed.D. This principal’s guide emphasizes the critical role administrators play in ensuring RTI success at their own schools.  Learn how to launch RTI successfully and improve student outcomes significantly!
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction
by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, Linda Kucan
This book is filled with strategies to improve vocabulary development for grades K-12.
Vocabulary Development (From Reading  Research to Practice, V.2) By Steven A. Stahl Steven Stahl evaluates research and practice with suggestions that have the most beneficial effects in today’s classrooms.
Phonemic Awareness (Playing with Sounds to Strengthen Beginning Reading Skills) By Jo Fitzpatrick Phonemic Awareness is a complete resource book that includes over 90 interactive activities, reproducible manipulative, picture cards, and word lists to help children connect to oral language to written text.
Phonics from A to Z (A Practical Guide) By Wiley Blevins Blevins presents a framework for developing effective phonics lessons and provides phonogram word lists and picture book suggestions to streamline planning.
THE VOCABULARY BOOK: A Much Needed Resource for Teachers, Researchers, and Literacy Policymakers By Michael Graves THE VOCABULARY BOOK provides readers with a fascinating and compelling case for effective vocabulary instruction in our schools based on theory, research, and best practice.  It compliments Isabel Beck’s Bringing Words to Life.
Language and Reading Success (From Reading Research to Practice, V. 5)
By Andrew Biemiller
Teachers of reading will find this book filled with research and practical information for immediate use in the classroom.
The Literacy Coach's Handbook: A Guide to Research-Based Practice (Solving Problems In Teaching Of Literacy) By Sharon Walpole, Michael C. McKenna This guidebook provides methods to ensure that teachers and students benefit from scientifically-based research reading practices.
The Fluent Reader: Oral Reading Strategies for Building Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension
By Timothy V. Rasinski
Learn powerful, interactive ways to teach reading based on a clear research-based rationale.

 

     
 


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