Reading Without Limits: Teaching Strategies to Build Independent Reading for Life

By Maddie Witter

Book Overview

Imagine a classroom where all students are engaged in highly rigorous and fun learning every single day. That classroom can be yours starting tomorrow. You don't have to be a reading specialist to pick up this book. Anyone who wants to dramatically improve reading achievement will find helpful suggestions. You might be a third grade teacher whose students have mastered decoding, and you are ready to build their comprehension. Or you might be a high school science teacher whose students aren't yet reading on level with deep critical thinking. This book is for you. It doesn't matter whether you are a public, charter, private, or alternative education teacher: the Reading Without Limits program works in each one. Along with hundreds of ready-to-use teaching strategies, Reading Without Limits comes with a supplemental website where teachers can download even more resources for free Reading Without Limits is the first book offered in the KIPP Educator Series. KIPP, or the Knowledge is Power Program, began in 1994. As of Fall 2012, there are 125 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia serving nearly 40,000 students climbing the mountain to and through college.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118472152
• ISBN13: 9781118472156
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.3"