This book is becoming my bible. - Instructor With this remarkably complete and well-organized resource, Regie Routman invites all teachers to reflect upon their practice, and in doing so, she makes whole language teaching and learning possible for everyone. The text provides in-depth information, as well as step-by-step demonstration lessons for topics such as: becoming a whole language teacher; shared reading and shared writing for all grades; guided reading - whole class, small group, and individualized; grouping for success; examining a basal story and using it holistically; developing literature extension activities; responding to literature through literature response logs and discussion groups; setting up an independent reading program; journal writing; teaching phonics and skills strategically; letter writing and story writing for authentic purposes; integrating spelling into the reading-writing classroom; getting the publishing process going; integrating the language arts through literature and across the curriculum; understanding and utilizing meaningful evaluation procedures - anecdotal records, grading, and self-evaluation; applying holistic strategies to L.D. and "at-risk" students; organizing and managing the whole language classroom; establishing teacher support groups and other networks. With the Blue Pages bound in, Invitationsis the most exhaustive resource available for any teacher interested in professional development and changing his or her teaching.This book is becoming my bible. Instructor
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| Beyond Transitions | |
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| Becoming a Whole Language | |
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| Teacher Components of Whole Language | |
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| Grouping for Success: Taking a Close Look at Ability | |
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| Grouping Responding to Literature: Early Transitions | |
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| Responding to Literature: Later Transitions | |
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| Teaching for Strategies Authentic | |
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| Contexts for Writing Personal Journal Writing | |
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| Integrating Spelling into the Reading-Writing Classroom | |
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| Setting Up an In-School Publishing Process | |
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| Integration Evaluation | |
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| The Learning Disabled Student: A Part of the At-Risk Population | |
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| Classroom Management and Organization Establishing | |
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| Support Networks Any Questions? | |
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| Final Reflections | |
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| The Blue Pages | |
Regie Routman's intimate knowledge of teaching and learning, down-to-earth style, and dedication to children's success have made her one of the most vibrant and respected names in literacy education. Her books, Teaching Essentials; Writing Essentials; Reading Essentials; Conversations; Literacy at the Crossroads; Invitations; The Blue Pages; and Transitions, all published by Heinemann, have encouraged hundreds of thousands of teachers to take charge of their professional learning and create efficient, joyful practices. Currently she is dedicating herself to a new, dynamic framework to support teachers' professional development. The DVD-based Regie Routman in Residence supports in-depth, yearlong literacy staff development that replicates the demonstration teaching she conducts in weeklong residencies and brings to life the practices she advocates in Teaching Essentials. Regie continues to inform and inspire teachers as a language arts coach in schools across the country, as a sp
