Jan Burkins: 3 books
Who's Doing the Work?
How to Say Less So Your Readers Can Do More
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
In their follow-up to Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. Who’s Doing the Work? suggests ways to make small but powerful adjustments to instruction that hold students...
Preventing Misguided Reading
Next Generation Guided Reading Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly while your students aren’t even breaking a sweat? Do you ever wonder if other teachers feels the same way you do about guided reading—that it’s not working the way you think it should? You are not alone. There seems to be much...
Reading Wellness
Lessons in Independence and Proficiency
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
When teachers talk about what they want for students, a love for reading is inevitably near the top of the list. Even as they work to ensure students continuing progress as readers, what ignites passion more than anything is the chance to instill confidence, curiosity, and joy in students. In...