In Literacy Strategies for Grades 4-12: Reinforcing the Threads of Reading, Karen Tankersley provides a multiplicity of practical, research-based reading strategies tailored specifically for use with older students. These students may no longer have a reading class as part of the school day, but they are still developing their reading skills--and every teacher contributes to that effort. As in her previous book, The Threads of Reading: Strategies for Literacy Development, Tankersley here focuses on the six foundational "threads" necessary for effective reading--phonemic awareness, phonics and...

Now that standardized tests are a fact of life in every school and classroom, here's a book that explains how to use sample questions from high-stakes tests as the basis for constructing engaging lessons and meaningful learning experiences. Using samples from language arts, science, social studies, and math, Karen Tankersley familiarizes you with the types of questions that are typical to these assessments, explains the skills and knowledge students need to do well, and provides you with lesson ideas, teaching strategies, and learning activities that prepare students to think independently...

Coaching the Threads of Reading is the "how to" book that explores specifically what skills and strategies coaches should be helping teachers develop in K-12 classrooms. Not only does the book describe what effective reading instruction looks like at all levels from primary through high school, but it provides important suggestions on how to help teachers focus instruction and gradually move to independence and instructional self-confidence. Teacher reflection surveys are included to help coaches guide teacher reflection and develop action plans for professional growth. This book is part of...