Language Arts/English Curriculum Frameworks - Albemarle County ...

Popham, W. J. (1999). Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know. Boston:
Allyn and Bacon.
Rasinski, T. (2003). The fluent reader: oral reading strategies for building word
recognition, fluency, and comprehension . New York: Scholastic.
This easy-to-read book has chapters that describe particular techniques such as paired reading
for very low readers and fluency development lessons for the whole class.
Rief, L. (2003). 100 Quickwrites. New York: Scholastic.
If student writing is to be compelling, the models and prompts they use must also be
compelling. This collection of poems and short passages not only model excellent writing, they
allow students to engage in the writing process in ways that are meaningful to them.
Robb, L. (1999). Easy Mini-Lessons for Building Vocabulary: Practical Strategies That
Boost Word Knowledge and Reading Comprehension. New York: Scholastic
Professional Books.
Robb, L. (2000). Teaching Reading in Middle School. New York: Scholastic.
Using research and more than 30 years of professional experience, Robb presents useful,
concrete strategies for teaching reading comprehension. Organized around pre-, during-, and
post-reading strategies, the text includes student samples paralleled with Robb’s commentary.
Robb, L. (2003). Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science, and Math. New
York: Scholastic.
A precursor to her 2004 title, Nonfiction Writing from the Inside Out, this text weaves reading
comprehension strategies across curricular disciplines, allowing teachers to dig into reading
comprehension with nonfiction text structures. This text uses the same, successful, structure
of Robb’s other texts, incorporating pre-, during-, and post-reading strategies.
Robb, L. (2004). Nonfiction Writing from the Inside Out. New York: Scholastic.
A noted expert in reading and writing, particularly across discipline areas and at the middleschool
level, this text digs into strategies for teaching students how to write effectively across
nonfiction structures. Robb explains the necessity of writing to promote and analyze thinking
and presents useful, timely, and real applications for getting kids to put pen to paper.
Routman, R. (2005). Writing essentials raising expectations and results while
simplifying teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
In Writing Essentials, the author demystifies the process of teaching writing well and provides
knowledge, research, and precise instructional strategies for implementing successful writing
instruction into the classroom.
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