Author : Thomas G. Gunning
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Language arts (Early childhood)
ISBN : 9780132685818
Book Description
In response to today's need to tailor instruction for the lower grades, this comprehensive, practical guide gives aspiring and practicing professionals the methods and techniques they need to become highly effective teachers who are well equipped to help all students become proficient readers and writers. Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children in Grades Pre-K to 4 features lesson plans for virtually every major literacy skill or strategy, abundant lists of recommended children's reading, student strategies, numerous reinforcement activities, and illustrations of exemplary teaching, all designed to help teachers incorporate today's most effective teaching methods and techniques into their literacy teaching. In this Second Edition, special pedagogical features draw the reader's attention to issues of recurring importance in literacy instruction while aiding in reviewing and understanding the key concepts, including: Listings, descriptions, and discussion of the Common Core Standards An added emphasis on developing phonemic awareness and other prereading skills with additional lessons and techniques for struggling students A thorough grounding in decoding skills Three powerful new research-based comprehension teaching techniques that work especially well with struggling readers: indexing, mystery passages, and WIRC (Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension Increased coverage of assessing for learning, featuring a wide range of assessment instruments for reading skills, comprehension, and decoding Emphasis on meeting and implementing the Common Core Standards References to landmark research describing the most effective practices and information on the average percentile gains achieved when these practices are instituted A new Professional Reflection feature that appears in every chapter