Full Description
This comprehensive text presents a core of research-based approaches to effective literacy instruction in the middle grades. Methods and materials are described to foster reading skills, content mastery, and writing in different formats and for different purposes. The authors emphasize the need to tailor instruction to the needs, strengths, skill levels, and interests of diverse students. They offer recommendations for reading lists that incorporate critically acclaimed fiction and nonfiction, popular series books, and other student-friendly materials. Special features include case studies, examples of teaching and assessment activities, and commentary from middle-school teachers and students. The appendices also contain reproducible forms and lists of recommended reading materials and resources.
Contents
IntroductionPart I. Getting Ready for the School Year: Assessment and Materials. Assessment: Getting to Know Students as People and Learners. What Students Read and How How to Get It. Part 11. Reading and Writing Instruction. Reading Aloud to Students. Just Reading. Building Reading Fluency. Guiding Students to Read as Writers. Exploring Words. Guiding Students to Act as Researchers. Tailoring Instruction for Individual Students. Appendices: A. Graphic Organizers for Reading and Writing. B. Forms and Record Keeping. C. Literature for Children and Adolescents. D. Resources for Teaching Reading and Writing. E. Charles: A Case Study of Less Skilled Reader in the Middle Grades.
