Thursday, September 13, 2007

BOOKS FOR LITERACY GEEKS

Now that I am an up and coming literacy specialist I wanted to share some of the resources that I have found useful and am curious about any resources you have liked.
First is 'Words Their Way' by Bear. The spelling inventory is a great resource for guiding instruction. I have used it with my ESL tutoring, and I'm not quite sure how effective it is for the ESL student, but it has helped me recognize the vowel pattern sounds that ESL students have trouble distinguishing.
Still in it's plastic is 'The Mosaic of Thought' by Keene and Zimmerman, which was recommended to me by a 30 year veteran teacher of reading. She said this book changed the way she thought of reading comprehension.
Also there is a handy website for leveling books: http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/index.html

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