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Now in its sixth edition, Striking a Balance clearly illustrates
how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places
direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied
reading and writing experiences. Text discussions, dynamic
activities, and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective
instructional resources, selected based on research and teacher
testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to
national and state standards, as well as expanded sections on
working with English language learners and students with special
needs, while maintaining the book's essential features: classroom
vignettes, discussion questions, field-based activities, a student
website, and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy
instructors, this textbook's practical approach fundamentally
demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through
a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating
contexts.
Comprehensive 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.
Comprehensive 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.
Now in its sixth edition, Striking a Balance clearly illustrates
how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places
direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied
reading and writing experiences. Text discussions, dynamic
activities, and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective
instructional resources, selected based on research and teacher
testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to
national and state standards, as well as expanded sections on
working with English language learners and students with special
needs, while maintaining the book's essential features: classroom
vignettes, discussion questions, field-based activities, a student
website, and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy
instructors, this textbook's practical approach fundamentally
demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through
a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating
contexts.
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