Teaching Reading: A Playbook for Developing Skilled Readers Through Word Recognition and Language Comprehension

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Diane K. Lapp

Renowned educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp saw it was high time classroom teachers had an encyclopedia’s worth of practical, research-based ideas organized into concise modules. You will love the lively tone, the contemporary research findings, and the abundance of activities that help children become skilled readers. This resource goes deep, it goes wide―and yet most brilliantly, it reveals the crucial connections that make for high-impact instruction.

304 pages, Spiral-bound

Published October 26, 2022

About the author

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is an educator and Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College.

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Reviews

[Chelsea Courtois · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed how this book was organized. Having some experience with secondary teaching of reading, TESOL and phonics instruction, this book filled in the pieces in between. Great refresher but also something I could see being used by teachers to review their practices and get new ideas for teaching reading skills. I picked it up to learn more about my child’s reading journey. Very helpful!

[Lori Emilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very useful text for beginning teachers, those who coach teachers, or those who question some of the “science of reading” tenets. I appreciate the authors’ in depth descriptions of each aspect of Scarborough’s Reading Rope.

[Erin McDonnell-Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the new legislation about reading instruction, this could be a good supplement for secondary programs so preservice teachers understand what their students went through/what legislation is requiring