Literacy in the Early Grades
Subtitle: a successful start for PreK-4 readers and writers
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Education, publishing as Allyn and Bacon
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, Mass.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780137048816
Copyright date: 2011
Table of contents: title: Introducing Ms. Janusz and her second graders; title: Becoming an effective teacher of reading.; title: Principle 1: Effective teachers understand how children learn; title: Principle 2: Effective teachers support children's use of the cueing systems; title: Principle 3: Effective teachers create a community of learners; title: Principle 4: Effective teachers adopt a balanced approach to instruction; title: Principle 5: Effective teachers scaffold children's reading and writing; title: Principle 6: Effective teachers organize for literacy instruction; title: Principle 7: Effective teachers differentiate instruction; title: Principal 8: Effective teachers link instruction and assessment; title: Review: How effective teachers teach reading and writing; title: Examining children's literacy development.; title: Vignette: Ms. McCloskey's students become readers and writers; title: Nurturing children's oral language development; title: Fostering an interest in literacy; title: How children develop as readers and writers; title: Review: How effective teachers support children's literacy development; title: Assessing children's literacy development.; title: Vignette: Mrs. McNeal conducts second-quarter assessments; title: Classroom-based reading assessment; title: Portfolio assessment; title: High-stakes testing; title: Review: How effective teachers assess children's literacy development; title: Cracking the alphabetic code.; title: Vignette: Mrs. Firpo teaches phonics; title: Phonemic awareness; title: Phonics; title: Review: How effective teachers assist children in "cracking the code"; title: Learning to spell.; title: Vignette: Mrs. Zumwalt differentiates spelling instruction; title: Stages of spelling development; title: Teaching spelling; title: Review: How effective teachers teach spelling; title: Developing fluent readers and writers.; title: Vignette: Ms. Williams teaches high-frequency words; title: Reading fluency; title: Writing fluency; title: Review: How effective teachers develop fluent readers and writers; title: Building children's word knowledge.; title: Vignette: Mr. Wagner teaches vocabulary; title: Children's vocabulary knowledge; title: Word-study concepts; title: Teaching children about words; title: Review: How effective teachers build children's word knowledge; title: Facilitating children's comprehension: reader factors.; title: Vignette: Third graders become strategic readers; title: What is comprehension?; title: Teaching about reader factors; title: Review: How effective teachers facilitate children's comprehension; title: Facilitating children's comprehension: text factors.; title: Vignette: Fourth graders learn about frogs; title: Text factors of stories; title: Text factors of informational books; title: Text factors of poetry; title: Teaching about text factors; title: Review: How effective teachers facilitate children's comprehension; title: Scaffolding children's reading development.; title: Vignette: Mrs. Ohashi uses the reading process; title: The reading process; title: Organizing for instruction; title: Review: How effective teachers scaffold children's reading development; title: Scaffolding children's writing development.; title: Vignette: First graders participate in writing workshop; title: The writing process; title: Teaching writing; title: The writing process in action; title: Review: How effective teachers scaffold children's writing development; title: Integrating literacy into thematic units.; title: Vignette: Third graders create multigenre projects; title: Connecting reading and writing; title: Demonstrating learning; title: Thematic units; title: Review: How effective teachers integrate literacy into thematic units; title: Compendium of instructional procedures