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Enjoy this sample of Thomas Newkirk's Audiobook Literacy's Democratic Roots: A Personal Tour Through 8 Big Ideas. Tom Newkirk, lifetime educator and bestselling author of Minds Made for Stories, discusses eight powerful literacy practices-- and the democratic values that connect them.  Newkirk argues that "the house of literacy has a thousand doors, and our job is to help students find one that will let them in."  Yet for many students reading and writing is made unnecessarily difficult and uninviting. We need to tell a better story.  Literacy's Democratic Roots celebrates eight door-opening ideas that can help us make room for all students.

Literacy's Democratic Roots by Tom Newkirk, Sample

Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension
Written by David and Meredith Liben
Narrated by Fred Berman

In this companion to their bestselling first book, David and Meredith Liben move beyond foundational skills to explore how the mind comprehends texts. They translate research in clear terms to help teachers understand what students truly need to read deeply for pleasure and with purpose. Focusing on vocabulary, knowledge building, and language structures, they provide cutting-edge instructional ideas and ready-to-use tools to help teachers put their understanding into action immediately.


Copyright 2024 by David and Meredith Liben. Production Copyright 2024 by Scholastic Inc. All Right Reserved.

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Digital Trade		978-1-5461-9955-7		$18.99
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