Publisher's Synopsis
This newly revised and updated Fourth Edition of THE READING TEACHER’S BOOK OF LISTS places at your fingertips over 190 of the most used and useful lists for developing instructional materials and planning lessons for elementary and secondary students.
For quick access, the lists are organized into 15 sections, from “Phonics” “Useful Word” and “Vocabulary” through “Comprehension,” Assessment” and “References,” each brimming with examples, key words, teaching ideas and activities you can use as is or easily adapt to meet your students’ needs.
Moreover, all of the lists are printed in a big 8 ¼” x 11” spiral–bound format ready to be photocopied as many times as you need them for use with individual students, small groups, or an entire class!
You’ll find over 40 new lists in the Fourth Edition, making it even more helpful than previous editions. For example, there are complete new lists on …
Vowel Sounds
Suggested Phonics Teaching Order
The Final “E” Rule
Reading Math
Books for Developing and Reluctant Readers
Nonreversible Word Pairs
Multiple Intelligences and Reading
Comprehension Strategies
Anagrams
Speech Pronunciation
Children’s Humor: What Kids Say
Teaching with Newspapers
Activities for Tutors
50 Reading Tips for Parents
Rubrics for Writing
Books without Words
Oxymorons
Ways to Define a Word
Emoticons
Internet Search Engines for Educators
Web Sites for Reading, Writing & Literature
As well as expanded and updated lists on …
Consonant Sounds
Prefixes and Suffixes
Children’s Book Awards
Book–List Collections
All–Time Favorite Books
Acronyms and Initializations
Story Starters
Student/Group Project guide
100 Ways to Praise
Games and Methods for Teaching
Graphic Organizers
Analogies
Riddles and Tongue Twisters
Portmanteau Words
Sentence Tunes
Sound Awareness Books
plus the “classics” you’ve come to rely on over the years …
Phonics Example Words
Homophones
The First 1,000 Instant Words
Homographs and Heteronyms
Synonyms and antonyms
Spelling Demons
Compound Words
Metaphors and Similes
The Readability Graph
Greek and Latin Roots
Literary Terms
Proofreading Checklists
Interest Inventories
Test–Taking Strategies
Proverbs and Common Word Idioms
Book Report Alternatives
In addition, you’ll find an all–new section, “The Internet,” designed for novice and expert alike (Virtual Reference Library) … a new Spelling” section with rules, methods, and commonly misspelled words (Capitalization Guidelines) … a section just on “Instruction” ((Good Ideas for Reading Teachers) … and an invaluable index and cross–references throughout to make locating any list you want easy.
In short, THE READING TEACHER’S BOOK OF LISTS , Fourth Edition gives you an unparalleled source of timely, practical information for all aspects of reading instruction that might otherwise take many years and much effort to acquire!
