Explaining Reading: A Resource for Teaching Concepts, Skills, and Strategies

by Gerald G. Duffy

Book Overview

This trusted teacher resource and widely adopted text presents effective ways to demystify essential reading skills and strategies for K-8 students who are struggling. It has been fully revised to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606230751
• ISBN13: 9781606230756
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

good book, bad shipping

This book was for an online class I was taking. The book was in good condition, but please allow at least two weeks to receive it if you order it. The shipping took a week longer than I was told.

worth every penny

I had the older edition but needed the new one for a Grad. Class. I am so glad that I did! The updated information is great. I like the way that Duffy explains things so simply, to the point! I love the "secrets" that he gives you to tell the students. I think every teacher in my county should own a copy of this book: From Middle School down to Primary. I also like the examples given for two different grade levels. This helps you connect to your classroom and experience.

Review for literacy needs

This is a good supplemental text for a literacy coach or reading teacher to have on hand to explain breakdowns in students' reading.

Analytical explanation of reading

I am a tutor for third and fourth graders (employed by the school) and have found this book to be priceless in explaining the strategies of reading to 8, 9 and ten year olds - my target audience. The book is structured well and offers many examples of how to help struggling readers learn the "secrets" of good readers. After looking at several other 'Reading Comprehension' books, I chose this one based on the TOC and the foreward. It has proven to REALLY help me clarify each objective and teach the invisible process of active reading to my students. I'm very excited about the book and what it has to offer. Thanks!

Individual chapters cogently provide examples

Gerald G. Duffy is a former classroom teacher and professor emeritus at Michigan State University. He draws upon his many years of experience and his considerable expertise in Explaining Reading: A Resource For Teaching Concepts, Skills, And Strategies to provide the reader with a solid guide for aiding in their teaching literacy to students who are slow to absorb the skill. Individual chapters cogently provide examples and ideas for explaining vocabulary, teaching word recognition, comprehension strategies, and a great deal more. Explaining Reading is highly recommended as an excellent and detailed advice guide -- especially for classroom teachers and home schoolers involved in a literacy instructional program.