25 Essential Language Arts Strategies to Help Striving Readers Succeed - Softcover

Michael F. Opitz, a former elementary school teacher and reading specialist, is a professor of elementary education and reading at the University of Northern Colorado and the winner of its Outstanding Scholar Award in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences. He works in classrooms in the U.S. and abroad planning, teaching, and evaluating demonstration lessons focused on different aspects of literacy in K–5 classrooms. He is the author of numerous books including Read Don’t Speed, Good-bye Round Robin, and Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit & Healthy.

Roland K. Schendel is a former elementary school teacher. He teaches reading at the University of Northern Colorado, coaches student teachers, and conducts reading research in elementary classrooms with striving readers and their teachers.