author presentation

Walter Dean Myers

Rosemary Wells

Reserve your seat to hear Rosemary Wells and meet Max the bunny from the Max and Ruby series!

Call 262.260.2154 or email rondelle@scj.com.

 

 

 

 

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Racine Reads: Dream Big! Author Presentation:

Dr. Richard Allington 

Dr. Richard Allington’s Presentations from February 16th, 2012

Educator Presentation: Poor Readers Need What Good Readers Need
PowerPoint Slides:  Poor Readers Need What Good Readers Need

Parent/Community Presentation: Every Child is a Reader
PowerPoint Slides:  Every Child a Reader_Parent Presentation

 

Author Presentation: Dr. Richard Allington

Feb, 2012

Dr. Richard Allington grew up in Michigan and attended a one-room school house.  He was the first in his family to graduate college, which lead him to become an elementary school classroom teacher. He was a Title I director in poor rural schools prior to beginning his career as a teacher educator and instructional researcher. Dr. Allington is currently a Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee. His research interests include reading/learning disabilities and effective instruction, especially in classroom settings. His publications include over 100 articles, chapters, monographs, and books. He served or serves on the editorial advisory boards of Reading Research Quarterly, Review of Educational Research, Journal of Educational Psychology, Reading Teacher, Elementary School Journal, Journal of Literacy Research, and Remedial and Special Education.

We are pleased to share the following podcast recorded with Dr. Richard Allington. The podcast has been divided into three segments based on topics he discussed.

1.       What We Know & What Doesn’t Work

a.       In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses

                                 i.      Children’s varying reading skill levels

                               ii.      The success of teachers in teaching reading

                              iii.      The problems with the “one size fits all” approach to teaching reading

 

 

2.       Dr. Allington’s Theory on Intervention & How It Can Make a Difference In Reading

a.       In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses

                                 i.      The benefit of giving children books that they are interested in

                               ii.      How intervention does not mean working with a student for 30 minutes a day

 

3.       What Can Be Done

a.       In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses

                                 i.      That idea that exemplary teachers teach children, not subjects

                               ii.      The summer reading gap