Full Description
Now in a revised and updated second edition, this text guides teachers in providing effective, engaging literacy instruction that meets the challenges of today's legislative mandates. Identified are principles of best practice that reflect cutting-edge scientific research as well as decades of hands-on classroom experience, and that were cited in the International Reading Association's 2002 position paper on evidence-based reading instruction. Researchers and practitioners review findings on key areas of instruction and translate the research into easy-to-implement teaching strategies and ideas. Including updated coverage of early literacy, phonics, comprehension, assessment, adolescent literacy, and more, the second edition also features chapters on vocabulary and fluency instruction.
Contents
Morrow, Gambrell, Pressley, Introduction Part 1. Perspectives on Exemplary Practices in Literacy. Mazzoni, Gambrell, Principles of Best Practice: Finding the Common Ground. Raphael, Toward a More Complex View of Balance in the Literacy Curriculum. Part 2. Strategies for Learning and Teaching. Morrow, Asbury, Current Practices in Early Literacy Development. P. M. Cunningham, What Research Says About Teaching Phonics. Blachowicz, P. J. Fisher, Best Practices in Vocabulary Instruction: What Effective Teachers do. Block, Pressley, Best Practice in Comprehension Instruction. Kuhn, Fluency in the Classroom: Strategies for Whole Class and Group Work. Bromley, Building a Sound Writing Program. D. Fisher, Flood, Lapp, Material Matters: Using Children's Literature to Charm Readers (or why Harry Potter and the Princess Diaries matter). Stevens, Bean, Adolescent Literacy. Winograd, Flores-Duenas, Arrington, Best Practices in Literacy Assessment. Part 3. Special Issues. Reutzel, Organizing Effective Literacy Instruction: Grouping Strategies and Instructional Routines. Roser, Hoffman, Carr, See it Change: A Primer on the Basal Reader. Allington, Baker, Strategies for Literacy Development for Students with Disabilities. McKenna, Labbo, Effective use of Technology in Literacy Instruction. J. W. Cunningham, Creamer, Achieving Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
