Quotes to Inspire Great Reading Teachers : A Reflective Tool for Advancing Students' Literacy

by Cathy Collins Block

• ISBN13: 9781412926478
• ISBN10: 1412926475
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-16
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire." -William Butler Yeats These quotes will inspire reflection on your teaching and provide tools to inspire your students, too! Teachers will find a year?s worth of thought-provoking quotations by thinkers from in and out of education, from across centuries and cultures. Tied to themes of best teaching practice and reading domains, including goal setting, comprehension, vocabulary building, assessment, and collaboration, these quotes give you a daily way to deepen your reflection and critical thinking. The book also shows how to use the quotes in the classroom to directly foster improvement of your students? literacy, metacognitive skills, and goal setting, and at the same time introduce them to some of the greatest names in history and literature. Following each quote, this inspirational guide includes: Three reflective questions relating the core idea of the quote to teaching practices Lesson prompts that provide ways to use the quote with your students Literature links that identify books for K through 2, 3 through 8, and 9 through 12 and how to use them to extend student learning and thinking related to the quote The authors have created a unique resource to help you deepen your thinking. It can be used alone or as a companion book to Reading First and Beyond (Block & Israel, 2005), which offers research-based practices for reading instruction. Don?t miss this great opportunity to enrich your teaching practices as well as your students? literacy!

Table of Contents

Reflections From the Authors	v
Acknowledgments	vi
About the Authors	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
Susan E. Israel
Themed Collection 1: Making Meaningful Connections	5	(24)
Susan E. Israel
Sarah M. Luckhaupt
Lyndsay L. Peters
Themed Collection 2: Setting Valuable Goals	29	(14)
Erin Brianna Doyal
Susan E. Israel
Themed Collection 3: Using Assessment to Excel	43	(12)
Dixie Massey
Themed Collection 4: Building Blocks for Success	55	(16)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Themed Collection 5: Word Power Equals Knowledge	71	(16)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Nicole M. Caylor
Themed Collection 6: Expanding Our Opportunity	87	(16)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Themed Collection 7: Thinking to Obtain Meaning	103	(16)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Themed Collection 8: Identifying Our Strengths	119	(14)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Themed Collection 9: Work, Study Skills, and Writing	133	(14)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Themed Collection 10: Literacy Worlds	147	(14)
Beth A. Earley
Molly D. Dahl
Susan E. Israel
Themed Collection 11: Collaborative Communities at School and Home	161	(14)
Cathy Collins Block
Cinnamon S. Whiteley
Favorite Additional Quotes From Teachers and Students	175	(8)
Susan E. Israel
Quotation Bibliography	183	(2)
Index	185