Fast Start: Getting Ready to Read A Research-Based, Send-Home Literacy Program With 60 Reproducible Poems and Activities That Ensures a Great Start in Reading for Every Child

by Padak, Nancy; Rasinski, Timothy V.

• ISBN13: 9780545031790
• ISBN10: 0545031796
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Professional

Summary

This research-based, send-home literacy program comes with 60 reproducible poems and activities that can help young children develop their reading fluency, word recognition, and overall comprehension. It also includes 30 motivational stickers, plus reproducible family letters, certificates, bookmarks, and reading logs. Consumable.

Author Biography

Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education. His major interests include working with children who find reading difficult, phonics and reading fluency instruction, and teacher development in literacy education. He has published over 100 articles and 10 books on various aspects of reading education. Dr. Rasinski is past editor of "The Reading Teacher "and is currently an editor for the "Journal of Literacy Research," He has served as president of the Colleg

Dr. Timothy V. Rasinski is a professor of education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. Dr. Rasinski teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education. His major interests include working with children who find reading difficult, phonics and reading fluency instruction, and teacher development in literacy education. He has published over 100 articles and 10 books on various aspects of reading education. A past editor of The Reading Teacher, the most widely read journal in reading education in the world, Dr. Rasinski is currently an editor for the Journal of Literacy Research. Rasinski has served as president of the College Reading Association and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association.