Better Reading Now
50 ready-to-use teaching strategies to engage students, deepen comprehension, and nurture a love of reading
by Larry Swartz
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Larry Swartz
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| Publisher | Pembroke Publishers |
| Publication | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 978-1551383491 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Dimensions | 8.38 x 10.88 x 0.37 in |
| Age | Adult 18+ |
| Price | $30.05 |
Better Reading Now
50 ready-to-use teaching strategies to engage students, deepen comprehension, and nurture a love of reading
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 through 8. These strategies guide students through the reading process and build important comprehension skills through reading, talk, art, drama, and more. These innovative ways to use the best children’s books inspire students to become enthusiastic and avid readers, and take the first giant step into becoming lifelong readers.
Author
Larry Swartz
Larry Swartz has been an instructor in literacy as well as dramatic arts at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto for 18 years. He has been an educator for 4 decades and is well-known for his use of children’s literature to help young people grow as readers, writers and citizens of the world.
As a classroom teacher, consultant, author and speaker, Larry has shared his enthusiasm and expertise with teachers, administrators, teacher-librarians and parents throughout Canada, the United States and Asia. Using Children’s Literature, The Arts, Confronting the Bully Issue and Creating Caring Classrooms are some of the educational events important to Larry.
He is the author of several teacher resource publications including:
- Dramathemes (4th edition)
- Creating Caring Classrooms (with Kathleen Gould Lundy)
- “This is a Great Book!” (with Shelley Stagg Peterson)