Upper Elementary Reading Lessons Case Studies of Real Teaching [Paperback]

What better way to improve instruction than to consider real classroom lessons! With case studies keyed to the Common Core Standards, this book is a powerful tool for professional development. Perfect for teacher study groups or college courses, this book will help both novice and experienced teachers refine their practice in today's diverse classrooms.Chambliss and Valli have compiled an excellent resource for professional development and university methods courses. I was excited to find such a good collection of case studies that could be used with preservice and in-service teachers. They are well written examples of real classrooms that cover a broad range of concepts in literacy and math instruction that lend themselves to discussion of quality teaching.This book provides descriptive cases, accompanied by analytic commentaries, of nine upper-elementary grade reading lessons that represent an array of sound teaching practices. The cases focus on various reading topics and were written from authentic lessons taught by regular classroom teachers to diverse groups of students. Each lesson contains elements of sound instructional practice as well as potential dilemmas from which both preservice and in-service teachers can benefit.Engaging students in worthwhile learning requires more than a knowledge of underlying principles of good teaching. It demands considerable practice as well as images of what good teaching in particular situations and for particular purposes might look like. This volume provides these images. These cases were written from authentic, unrehearsed lessons taught by upper-elementary classroom teachers to diverse groups of real students in intact classrooms. Each lesson contains elements of sound instructional practice from which both preservice and in-service teachers can benefit. Cases are not meant to be ideal, but rather to evoke ways of seeing and thinking about good classroom instruction for all learners. Accompanied by analytic commentarieslñ