Book Description

Pre-service and in-service teachers alike appreciate this classroom-ready guide for its practical help in teaching literacy competencies to students, grades 1--8. In these pages, 50 strategies are combined with authentic children's literature examples to help with instruction before, during, and after literacy lessons. The book includes strategies for each literacy competency-word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing-and allows users easy access to the strategies that students need for literacy development. Features: § Easy to follow, step-by-step procedures for using 50 strategies before, during, and after a literacy lesson. § Strategies for each literacy competency and easy access to strategies that students need for literacy development. § Authentic children's literature to model the strategies and make the ideas clear and ready to use. Here's What's New in this Third Edition: § NEW! A new introduction to word recognition at the beginning of Part II defines the difference in word perception skills and shows readers the importance of each. § NEW! A new introduction to vocabulary at the beginning of Part III explains the teaching and development of word meaning, especially in the content areas. § NEW! A new introduction to comprehension at the beginning of Part IV shows comprehension not as a mastery of the "parts," but rather as how competencies contribute to the "whole" in constructing meaning. § NEW! A new introduction to writing at the beginning of Part V explores the link between writers as good readers and readers as good writers. § NEW! A new section on strategies particularly advantageous for English Learners (EL) in a new Part VI is especially relevant for today's diverse classrooms. § NEW! New strategy: conversational puppets in Part VI help English Learners increase their conversational English Skills. § NEW! A new strategy: echo reading feature in Part VI includes ideas for increasing fluency in English Learners. § NEW! Several strategies from the previous edition have been combined to help readers see the interconnectedness of instructional techniques. § NEW! Suggested supplementary technology aids appear in the Appendix. "My students absolutely love this supplemental material. They would like to see this turned into 100 Literacy Strategies! At one time or another, all of my students have adapted at least one of these strategies either for a class assignment or for use in their own classrooms. Many say their copies are becoming a bit rag-tagged from use." -Patricia J. Pollifrone, PhD, Gannon University Meet the Authors After teaching for several years in the inner-city public schools of Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Betty Lou Jackson Land met Dr. Terry Norton at Winthrop University. Together with Dr. Richard Ingram, they spent three years co-teaching in the South Carolina Governor's School for Literacy. Dr. Land has been recognized with several distinguished teacher educator awards, including the Lucinda Rose Counselor Award in 2004 from Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society. These fine educators, Norton and Land, have taught numerous reading methods, reading assessment, and children's literature courses. They have authored many published articles and presented at countless state, regional, and national conferences. 50 Literacy Strategies for Beginning Teachers, 1-8 is a collaborative work resulting from their love of teaching and their team teaching over many years. Each is a Professor Emeritus from Winthrop University.