Lucy Calkins Knihy

Lucy Calkins has written a book with the goal of creating lifelong readers. The Art of Teaching Reading offers educators a multifaceted reading program supported by word study, guided reading, book talks, and other ongoing structures to produce impassioned readers. Through years of research, the author provides a myriad of ideas to help young readers discover their own joy of reading and love of books. This text focuses on the big picture of reading instruction and explores the goals of reading programs. It also provides information on comprehending and responding to text through synthesis, critique, writing, and other effective strategies for understanding. For teachers or future teachers or educators.

"This book offers an assessment system that can be used across a district, school or classroom. Three intertwined Pre-K-6 learning progressions, one each in opinion, information, and narrative writing, are at the center of this systems. These learning progressions are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and to our knowledge of the teaching or writing, and they have been piloted, in conjunction with the other tools in this system, in tens of thousands of classrooms."--Page 2.