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Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students, MyLabSchool Edition (5th Edition)

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I had to read parts of this book for a class. It is one of the worst books I've had to deal with - the material is disorganized and key points are not adequately covered nor highlighted (and I had a used, already highlighted book!). If you have to use it for a class, you have to use it. Otherwise don't waste your time or money on this one. For an excellent, comprehensive, easy to read book about teaching reading and all it's elements, I suggest Are You Prepared to Teach Reading? A Practical Tool for Self-Assessment by James Zarrillo. This book is not just for a test preparation but also provides a great overview of reading strategies that every teacher needs to know. It's a reference and overview that is well organized and easy to understand. Nether of which can be said for Creating Literacy.

The author/editor does not follow his own basic rules about an easily read size of type for a READING text. Seems fundamental to me!

The author/editor does not follow basic rules about using different colors/fonts/sizes as a way of denoting major headings, headings, and details.

There's FAR too much information in one chapter for any one student to digest in a week.

It may be quality information, but it's NOT quality page readability.

Restaurants will tell you--presentation matters.

A great resource for begining teachers. It is a text book, it isn't written like a novel.