Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Education
AuthorGail E. Tompkins, Patricia A. Tabloski
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight37.6 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-054352
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal372.6
Table Of ContentI. WHAT IS A BALANCED APPROACH TO LITERACY INSTRUCTION? 1. Becoming an Effective Teacher of Reading. 2. Teaching the Reading and Writing Processes. 3. Assessing Students' Literacy Development. II. HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN TO READ AND WRITE? 4. Working with Emergent Readers and Writers. 5. Breaking the Alphabetic Code. 6. Developing Fluent Readers and Writers. III. HOW DO READERS AND WRITERS CONSTRUCT MEANING? 7. Learning about the Meanings of Words. 8. Facilitating Students' Comprehension. 9. Becoming Familiar with the Structure of Text. IV. HOW DO TEACHERS ORGANIZE LITERACY INSTRUCTION? 10. Literature Focus Units. 11. Literature Circles. 12. Reading and Writing Workshop. 13. Basal Reading Textbooks. 14. Reading and Writing in the Content Areas. V. COMPENDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES. Index of Authors and Titles. Subject Index.
SynopsisFor courses in Elementary Reading Methods. Balanced in its approach, Literacy for the 21st Century models how to execute the principles and processes recognized by the field as exemplary practice. The text features authentic classroom teaching models with student artifacts, minilessons, and four core instructional approaches for developing literacy skills. Chapters focus both on reading and writing processes and discuss how to develop fluent readers and writers, how to facilitate comprehension, how to organize for literacy instruction and how to use a variety of assessment procedures to document student learning. Because of its accessibility and practical pedagogical features, this text serves preservice teachers well. It also will function well for those teachers pressed into service in accelerated credentialing programs acting as an invaluable resource to get up and running quickly., For courses in Elementary Reading Methods. * Balanced in its approach, Literacy for the 21st Century models how to execute the principles and processes recognized by the field as exemplary practice. The text features authentic classroom teaching models with student artifacts, minilessons, and four core instructional approaches for developing literacy skills. Chapters focus both on reading and writing processes and discuss how to develop fluent readers and writers, how to facilitate comprehension, how to organize for literacy instruction and how to use a variety of assessment procedures to document student learning. * Because of its accessibility and practical pedagogical features, this text serves preservice teachers well. It also will function well for those teachers pressed into service in accelerated credentialing programs acting as an invaluable resource to get up and running quickly.