From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Confident, Capable Readers

Literacy specialists Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward demonstrate how to use formative assessments to craft targeted, personalized instruction that enable striving readers to do what they need above all - to find books they love and engage in voluminous reading. Loaded with ready-to-go lessons, routines, and "actions," as well as the latest research, this book is a must for any teacher who strives to make every reader a thriving reader. "This is excellent. It's really practical. Several of the chapters would translate into CPD sessions and I also see potential in this text for ITT whether that be in university or school-based programmes as it takes the 'what' of research into reading and turns it into the 'how' of practice in easy to digest chapters." Rachel Clarke, Independent Reading Consultant