Contents
Editor’s Comments ...................................................................................... 6
Kathryn Pole
Assistant Editor’s Comments....................................................................... 7
Keisha Panagos
Promoting Literacy Through Various Genres
Professional Collaboration in an Urban School to Promote Reading
Comprehension Instruction..................................................................................... 8
Tammy Oberg De La Garza
Two Heads are Better than One: Effective Co-teaching Methods
for Reading and Writing in an Inclusive Classroom............................................... 17
Tina Musil
Creating a Culture of Family Reading .................................................................... 21
Julie Douglas
Bibliotherapy for Help with Classroom Bullying ................................................... 24
Misty Nelson
Teaching Literacy is a Staircase: Metaphors Discussing Beliefs of Teaching ........ 29
Donita Massengill Shaw, Richard Oldrieve, & William L. Edwards Jr.
Increasing the Reading Levels of Adult Education and Literacy Students ............ 45
Jared Zamouski
Developing Reading Fluency to Improve Reading Performance .......................... 51
Tami Lee
Implementing Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten .............................................. 56
Alyssa Phillips
Using Read Alouds with Preschool Children ......................................................... 60
Rebecca Hammond & LaDonna Burnley
After-School Read-Alouds for Middle School Boys ............................................... 63
Kenna Wiggins
Vocabulary Strategies for Increasing Comprehension .......................................... 76
Summer Holmes
The Missouri Reader
Vol. 35, No. 1
Fall 2010
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