Trusting Readers: Powerful Practices for Independent Reading

by Jennifer Scoggin and Hannah Schneewind

Book Overview

Independent reading is the right of every student. It is an indispensable foundation for solid reading instruction yet, is too often viewed as a luxury. Overly prescriptive, culturally irrelevant curriculum does not provide spaces for students to develop a sense of agency as readers or for teachers to make decisions that reflect the needs of the students in front of them. When teachers trust themselves and trust their students to create reading experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325120471
• ISBN13: 9780325120478
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5