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100 1  Gallagher, Kelly,|d1958- 
245 10 Readicide :|bhow schools are killing reading and what you 
       can do about it /|cKelly Gallagher ; foreword by Richard 
       Allington. 
264  1 Portland, Me. :|bStenhouse Publishers,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    x, 150 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and 
       index. 
505 0  Foreword / Richard Allington -- Acknowledgments -- 
       Introduction -- 1:  Elephant in the room -- 2:  Endangered
       minds -- 3:  Avoiding the tsunami -- 4:  Finding the 
       "sweet spot" of instruction -- 5:  Ending readicide -- 
       Appendix A:  101 books my reluctant readers love to read -
       - Appendix B:  Book-of-the-month form -- Appendix C:  One-
       pagers -- Appendix D:  Hard talk checklist -- References -
       - Index. 
520    From the Publisher:  Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing
       of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, 
       mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying 
       in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the 
       factors that have contributed to the decline-poverty, 
       second-language issues, and the ever-expanding choices of 
       electronic entertainment. In this provocative new book, 
       Kelly Gallagher suggests, however, that it is time to 
       recognize a new and significant contributor to the death 
       of reading: our schools. In Readicide, Kelly argues that 
       American schools are actively (though unwittingly) 
       furthering the decline of reading. Specifically, he 
       contends that the standard instructional practices used in
       most schools are killing reading by:  valuing the 
       development of test-takers over the development of 
       lifelong readers; mandating breadth over depth in 
       instruction; requiring students to read difficult texts 
       without proper instructional support; insisting that 
       students focus solely on academic texts; drowning great 
       books with sticky notes, double-entry journals, and 
       marginalia; ignoring the importance of developing 
       recreational reading; and losing sight of authentic 
       instruction in the shadow of political pressures.   Kelly 
       doesn't settle for only identifying the problems. 
       Readicide provides teachers, literacy coaches, and 
       administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward
       spiral in reading-steps that will help prevent the loss of
       another generation of readers. 
650  0 Reading. 
650  0 Literacy. 
650  0 Reading promotion. 
700 1  Allington, Richard L.