About the Author Andie is currently teaching at Lewis & Clark College's Graduate School of Education in Portland, Oregon. She teaches graduate students who are working to become teachers and current teachers who are working to become reading specialists."With every opportunity, whether I am teaching a course or teaching my daughter, serving as a committee member or exploring a new physical activity, I frame my approach through the lens of a learner," Andie says. "I believe I am constantly developing as a professional."Andie has a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University and a master's degree from Lewis & Clark College. She can't quite recall why she wanted to be a teacher. "My reasons for teaching now are dramatically different and far richer than they were twenty years ago when I started teaching," she explains. "I love how building communities in classrooms affects learning."Andie has written only one book, but she treasures the writing process. "Ruth (Shagoury) and I wrote our book at one computer, side by side, finishing each other's sentences. We had such a good time writing together, during both the times when the words simply flowed out of our mouths and the times when we struggled to get a paragraph down that we both liked. I loved writing the way we did."Ruth Shagoury (formerly Ruth Shagoury Hubbard) can't imagine anything more fascinating than exploring the minds of children and adolescents as they grow as readers, writers, and language users. Though she teaches new and veteran teachers at Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Oregon), her passion for working with children keeps her connected to classrooms.As part of her ongoing research, she works as a coresearcher with classroom teachers, spending time each week in public school classrooms. Ruth is committed to helping teachers share their teacher-research with wider audiences to help change the field. She is coauthor with Brenda Power of several books on the topic, including Living the Questions.She has worked in Andie Cunningham's diverse kindergarten class, investigating English language acquisition, both oral and written. She is coauthor with Andie of the book Starting with Comprehension: Reading Strategies with the Youngest Learners.For the past 2 years, she has worked in Katie Doherty's middle school classroom in an immigrant community in Portland, Oregon exploring reading and writing workshops with diverse learners. At Lewis & Clark College, Ruth coordinates the Language and Literacy program (with co-director Andie Cunningham), working with preservice elementary and secondary teachers as well as experienced teachers who are working to become reading specialists.She has published numerous books as well as articles in journals such as Language Arts, Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Voices from the Middle, Young Children and Anthropology and Education Quarterly. She is a regular contributor to the website Choice Literacy. Besides her work in classrooms and on campus, Ruth is currently committed to helping keep new teachers teaching.With colleagues at Lewis & Clark College, she initiated a program for beginning teachers based on conversations and support. Her other local work includes serving on the steering committee for Portland Area Rethinking Schools, and collaborating with Headstart teachers as they investigate student-based approaches to early literacy. She is also a Courage to Teach facilitator, leading workshops and retreats based on teacher renewal. Read more
C**G
Not as described
Though the product looks fine, it is not a book of games as sescribed. It is a book of blank worksheets for designing your own activities and maybe games. A big disappointment . I would only buy if I was needing a new look for music homework or daily drills.
V**E
Five Stars
Excellent resource
A**R
This book is terrible. The only good thing about it is the ...
This book is terrible. The only good thing about it is the references that it provides. It does talk abut the basic comprehension strategies (schema, making inferences, etc), but the author just babbles about what she does in her classroom. The book is written more like a novel than an informational text. She does not thoroughly explain the strategies and their benefits for kindergarten children. In one part of the book she wasted 3 pages to discuss what she does at circle time; what a waste of trees. The information is kind of resourceful, but you're better off reading Debbie Miller's "Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades." This is literately the type of book that you read and throw it in your closet forever. Thank God I only paid 1 cent for it.
A**S
Nice, but Wordy
I’ve had this book for years and have never read all of it. It has some useful information, but as previous reviewers have said, the pearls are hidden amongst a lot of unnecessary wordiness. if you are looking for a book with strategies you can immediately use this isn’t that book. It’s not a bad, just not immediately useable which is why I put it down for so long.
N**N
A great resource!
This book is a great resource for early childhood educators! I had the great opportunity to take a reading comprehension class from one of the authors, Ruth Shagoury. This book came in handy while planning for my own kindergarten class in how to implement comprehension strategies. I recommend this book to all pre-K and Kindergarten teachers!
K**N
Some good tips- poorly written
A rare book on an often overlooked subject. Some excellent techniques that prove to be very helpful in the classroom. However, they are hidden in 100 pages of bluster. The authors reminisce about how they cried after a comprehension breakthrough and recount in minute detail the nuance of their classes in a very dry uninspiring manner. Such a lack of brevity puts this potentially powerful book out of the reach of time poor teacher.
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