Looking Through the Faraway End : Creating a Literature-Based Reading Curriculum with Second Graders

See how a group of second graders grew as readers, became literate thinkers, and participated in conversations about books. This volume, a collaboration between teacher-researcher Stanzi and two university researchers, Galda and Rayburn, is the story of how Stanzi transformed her basal-reading curriculum into a program that used literature-study groups. You'll find guidelines for helping students become powerful conversationalists about books, learn how to focus on engagement and comprehension, and be able to assess what your students have learned. Appendixes include theme bibliographies and children's books references.