Books Required for Gifted and Reading Endorsement Classes

 
  Reading Endorsement
Course 1
Emergent Literacy:
Foundations of Reading in a Diverse Society

Literacy for the 21st Century  Gail E. Tompkins ISBN 0-13-119076-8 or 978-0135028926 
$125 (93.18  at 
www.amazon.com)

If ordering the 5th edition, you must also purchase myeducationlab.

Word Identification Strategies  (4th Edition) Barbara Fox ISBN 978-0-13-156130-4 $24.29 (18.98  at www.amazon.com)

Course 2

Identifying and Correcting Classroom Reading Problems
The Struggling Reader  J. David Cooper, David J. Chard and Nancy D. Kiger ISBN 978-0-439-61659-1 $19.19 (16.31  at www.amazon.com)

Assessment for Reading Instruction  (2nd Edition) Michael C. McKenna and Steven A. Stahl ISBN 1-57230-867-2 or 968-1606230350 $35.00

Course 3

Problems in Teaching Reading: Methods and Materials 

Strategies that Work  Stephanie Harvey and Ann  Goudvis ISBN 978-1-57110-481-6 $27.00 (23.47  at www.amazon.com)

 Or (depending on the grade level of the candidate’s class)

 Reading with Meaning  Debbie Miller ISBN 978-1571103079 $20.60

 
   
   
   
   
  Gifted In-Field Endorsement
Course 1 & 3
Characteristics of Gifted Students
Education of the Gifted and Talented
Gary A. Davis and Sylvia B. Rimm
Allyn & Bacon
ISBN: 0205388507
$84.59 at www.amazon.com
 
Course 2
Methods and Materials
Curriculum Development and Teaching Strategies for Gifted Learners
C. June Maker
Pro-Ed Inc.
ISBN: 0890796319
$47 at www.proedinc.com

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented
Susan Winebrenner
Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 1575420899
$23.07 at www.amazon.com
Curriculum same as course 1
Course 4
Assessment
Educational Assessment of Students, The (5th Edition)
Anthony J. Nitko
Prentice Hall
ISBN:
0131719254
$81.60 New at
www.amazon.com

Possible Vendors for Books: Amazon http://www.amazon.com/  Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
Books-A-Million http://www.booksamillioninc.com/

 

Last Update: 8/11/10

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Registration deadline for fall classes is August 20, 2010.  Cancellations must be received two weeks prior to the beginning of a class to receive a refund.  If not employed by a member system of Coastal Plains RESA, please contact Odessa Valentin ovalentin@cpresa.org or  by phone (229) 546 - 4094, ext. 110 for more information.