Thanks to everyone for your input in creating a list of book choices for my grad class. I have added the last four suggestions but I worry that adding the Daily Cafe might be more about instruction and less about the political influences on literacy pedagogy. From, Mena
(1) Allington,R. (2002). Big brother and thenational reading curriculum: Howideology trumped evidence. OR What Matters Most in Response to Intervention (2) Altwerger,B. (2005). Reading for profit: How the bottom line leaves kids behind. (3) Bracey, G.(2004). Setting the recordstraight: Responses to misconceptionsabout public education in the United States. (4) Coles, G. (2003). Reading the naked truth: Literacy, legislation and lies. (5) Garan, E. (2004). In defense of our children: When politics, profit, and education collide. (6) Shannon, P. (2007). Reading against democracy: The broken promises of reading instruction. (7) Kohn, A. (2000). The case against standardized testing: Raising the scores, ruining the schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. (8) Zemelman, S., Daniels, H., Hyde, A. (2005). Best practice: Today’s standards for teaching and learningin today’s schools. Third Edition,Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 9) Mem Fox Radical Reflections http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Reflections-Passionate-Opinions Teaching/dp/015607947X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275144445&sr=1-1#reader_015607947X 10) Linda Darling-Hammond The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future (Multicultural Education) 11) Thomas Newkirk Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones - Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighting For 12) The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller 13)Readicide Kelly Gallagher Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050 -----Original Message----- From: Christy Valyou <cval...@geneva304.org> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 8:13 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Need text suggestions for Trends and Issues in Reading What Matters Most in Response to Intervention--Richard Allington ________________________________________ From: mosaic-bounces+cvalyou=geneva304....@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+cvalyou=geneva304....@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Mena [drmarinac...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:10 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Need text suggestions for Trends and Issues in Reading I am pretty sure that I am going to require Readacide for my Trends and Issues class but does anyone have any other suggestions for must-read titles in the area of current issues in reading pedagogy? Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050 -----Original Message----- From: Keith Mack <km...@literacyworkshop.org> To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Sat, Jan 23, 2010 12:56 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] Links to Recent Assesment Rubrics I just posted the assessment rubrics on the Mosaic Website. These documents are: Friendly Letter Matrix (Rubric) from Angela Grade 3/4 Extended Response Rubric from Carol Grade 5/6 Extended Response Rubric from Carol Grade 7/8 Extended Response Rubric from Carol Thanks to both of these members for sharing these resources. You can find them in Word and PDF formats under "other" on the Tools page: http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm. If you need help download any of these please contact me directly and *not* the entire list. 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