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Carol F. Stice and John E. Bertrand

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    Preface
    Introduction
  1. "We Teached Ourselves": Good Beginnings in a Diverse Kindergarten, Linda Edwards
  2. Being Loved by Thank Yous!: Rural First Graders Make Connections, Tina A. DeStephen
  3. "I Can Read So Good 'Cause I write So Much": Learning From and With Inner-City Second Graders, Melanie Ricks
  4. "Try Huff and Puff!": Discovering Children and Creating Curriculum in One Small Town Third Grade, Cathy Clarkson
  5. "I Hate Words!": Bridging the Gap with Learning Disabled Fourth Graders, John E. Bertrand
  6. Hoa Means "Flower": Language, Learners, and Culture in an ESL Multi-Age Classroom, Kathy Miller
  7. "Won't Nobody Come!": Four Critical Components for Creating Successful Parent/School Partnerships in Distressed Communities, John E. Bertrand
  8. The Components of Successful Literacy Instruction in the Early Grades, Carole F. Stice and Nancy P. Bertrand
    Suggested Professional Readings
    Index
    Editors and Contributors



TEACHING AT-RISK STUDENTS

Carol F. Stice and John E. Bertrand

Here are insights and practical tips on how a group of teachers helped their students achieve. Chapters 1 through 6 look indepth at six highly successful, literacy and content rich classrooms, focusing on children at risk of school failure. Chapter 7 recounts how two parent/school coordinators established highly successful programs against overwhelming odds. And Chapter 8 looks at the major issues in the current debate about early literacy instruction.

Carole F. Stice is a Professor at Tennessee State University, Nashville.
John E. Bertrand is a full-time writer and former educator.

2000 128pp Paperbound ISBN 0-926842-99-4 (K-3) Order #3009 $9.95

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