Assignment #1 -Chapter 1-Effective Reading Instruction( Reference book-Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference, D. Ray Reutzel and Robert B. Cooter, Jr.– 7th Edition. (2015)

Directions: read and answer questions

Students, read chapter 1 and answer the following from book:

 Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference, D. Ray Reutzel and Robert B. Cooter, Jr.– 7th Edition. (2015). 

Effective Reading Instruction

• Explain why investing in teacher knowledge and skill development is important to student outcomes in P-12 schools.

• Create a timeline of historical events that have shaped current trends and practices in teaching reading.

• Analyze the rationale behind the major anchor standards for the English Language Arts in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

• Discuss how the definition of traditional print literacy has been broadened in the past decade.

• Explain why teachers make such a difference in helping a child to read.

• Describe the seven pillars of effective reading instruction used throughout this book.