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Taylor & Francis Inc Literacy in Grades 4-8: Best Practices for a
Book SynopsisComprehensive yet succinct and readable, Literacy in Grades 4-8, Third Edition offers a wealth of practical ideas to help preservice and practicing teachers create a balanced and comprehensive literacy program while exploring the core topics and issues of literacy in grades 4 through 8. It addresses teaching to standards; differentiating instruction for readers and writers; motivating students; using assessment to inform instruction; integrating technology into the classroom; working with English learners and struggling readers; and connecting with caregivers. Selected classroom strategies, procedures, and activities represent the most effective practices according to research and the many outstanding classroom teachers who were observed and interviewed for the book.The Third Edition includes added material connecting the Common Core State Standards to the instruction and assessment of literacy skills; a combined word study and vocabulary chapter to help readers integrate these important topics in their teaching; more on technology, including comprehension of multimodal texts, enhancing writing instruction with technology tools, and teaching activities with an added technology component; added discussion of teacher techniques during text discussions, strategic moves that help students become more strategic readers.Key features: In the Classroom vignettes; more than 50 activities,some with a technology component; questions for journal writing and for projects and field-based activities; troubleshooting sections offering alternative suggestions and activities for those middle-grade students who may find a particular literacy focus challenging.Table of ContentsOne: A Comprehensive Literacy Program for Grades 4–8; Two: Assessment of Progress in Literacy; Three: Fostering Oral Language; Four: Vocabulary Instruction; Five: Reading Comprehension; Six: Writing Instruction; Seven: Literacy in the Content Areas; Eight: Fluency; Nine: Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Classrooms; Ten: Fostering Literacy in and Beyond the Classroom; Eleven: Connecting School and Home; Twelve: Literacy in Grades 4–8
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Pearson Education Multiple Paths to Literacy
Book SynopsisAbout our authors Joan P. Gipe is Research Professor Emeritus from the University of New Orleans and Lecturer Emeritus from California State University, Sacramento. She is currently engaged in online mentoring for Walden University's EdD program. After graduating from the University of Kentucky with a BA and an MA in education, and Purdue University with a PhD emphasizing reading education, Joan spent many years working with learners of all ages: in Kentucky as a reading specialist, in Indiana as a 5th-grade teacher and in several university contexts as faculty, supervisor of student teachers, department chairperson, coordinator for teaching enhancement, university/school liaison for professional development schools, coordinator of eld-based teacher education cohorts and now mentor for numerous doctoral students engaged in research toward the Ed.D. Many publications, including this text, share with the professional community what was learned during tTable of ContentsBrief Contents PART I: Foundations Fundamental Aspects of Literacy Learning The Analytic Process: Preparation for Differentiating Instruction and Data-Driven Decision-Making Literacy Education of English Language Learners: Some Linguistic Aspects of Theory and Practice Physical, Psychological, and Environmental Factors Affecting Literacy Development Literacy Assessment: Summative and Formative Assessments PART II: The Major Domains Early Literacy Skills Supporting All Students’ Literacy Development through the Arts The Reading-Writing Connection: Best Practices and Strategies Word Recognition Reading Vocabulary Reading Comprehension: An Overview Comprehending Narrative Text Expository Text and Disciplinary Literacy Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies APPENDICES: Assessment Resources
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