Learning to Read: Lessons from Exemplary First-Grade Classrooms - Softcover

Michael Pressley, PhD, was University Distinguished Professor, Director of the Doctoral Program in Teacher Education, and Director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center at Michigan State University.
Richard L. Allington, PhD, is the Irving and Rose Fien Professor of Education at the University of Florida, where he continues the study of exemplary elementary teaching.

Ruth Wharton-McDonald, PhD, is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Wharton-McDonald's research interests focus on the school literacy experiences of young children. She has collaborated with several of the other authors in this book on studies of exemplary teachers and their students. She is currently involved in a study of first graders' perspectives on schooling.

Cathy Collins Block, PhD, is Professor of Education at Texas Christian University. She has directed eight nationally funded research projects related to comprehension instruction, teaching comprehension, teacher education, and professional development.

Lesley Mandel Morrow, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Learning and Teaching, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Contents I. First Grade: History and Contemporary Practice 1. A Brief History of First-Grade Reading Instruction 2. Surveying Nominated-Effective First-Grade Teachers about Their Instruction 3. The Nature of First-Grade Instruction That Promotes Literacy Achievement 4. Teaching Writing in the First Grade: Instruction, Scaffolds, and Expectations, Ruth Wharton-McDonald II. The Case Studies 5. Barbara Wiesner, Michael Pressley 6. Andy Schultheis, Ruth Wharton-McDonald 7. Georgia Leyden, Kim Baker, Richard L. Allington, and Greg Brooks 8. Missy Allen, Cathy Collins Block 9. Patricia Loden, Lesley Mandel Morrow and Elizabeth Brown Asbury III. Thoughts about Teacher Development 10. How I Became an Exemplary Teacher: (Although I'm Really Still Learning Just Like Anyone Else), Jeni Pollack Day 11. Concluding Reflections