Leah Davis~Reading Specialist

The Reading Specialist from the Inside Out CHAPTER SIX Coaching Improving Classroom and School Literacy Instruction A good coach will make [his] players see what they can be rather than what they are. -----ARA PARSEGHIAN (former football coach University of Notre Dame) Literacy coaching can be helpful in supporting teacher and student learning. The interactive framework of coaching can mold the work of academic coaches. Effective knowledge, skills, and dispositions are essential for academic coaching. Similarities and differences between elementary and secondary levels and the importance in understanding those differences. Coaching takes on an all new meaning when discussed in the academic context. In this context coaching makes sure that teachers use strategies and techniques that follow the prescribed curriculum that works best for the students. This chapter shows the coaching models used in most schools. Bean categorizes this approach to coaching...

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Chapter 11 Biography and Autobirography~ I never considered myself a reader of nonfiction for the simple pleasure of intformation until I found authors who wrote in a manner that truly entertained me (along with my students). Yes, there are still the (blah) traditional biorgraphies and autobiographies, but quite a few authors make reading the boring facts about someone quite interesting. For example, George Bragg has an excellent book of short bios called, "How They Croaked: The Awful Ends to the Awfully Famous". Another great (and gross) book along these lines is, "Poop Happens!; A History of the World from the Bottom Up" by Sarah Albee. Fun nonfiction can be done! Chapter 12 Informational Books~ I think that building background knowledge and overall comprehension is made so much easier by informational books written with younger audiences in mind. They can be the perfect companion to larger pieces of text to add historical and fact-based information to...