Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-386) and index.
Contents:
1. Becoming an effective teacher of reading. Principle 1: Effective teachers understand how children learn -- Principle 2: Effective teachers support children's use of the cueing systems -- Principle 3: Effective teachers create a community of learners -- Principle 4: Effective teachers adopt a balanced approach to instruction -- Principle 5: Effective teachers scaffold children's reading and writing -- Principle 6: Effective teachers organize for literacy instruction -- Principle 7: Effective teachers differentiate instruction -- Principal 8: Effective teachers link instruction and assessment -- Review: How effective teachers teach reading and writing -- 2. Examining children's literacy development. Vignette: Ms. McCloskey's students become readers and writers -- Nurturing children's oral language development -- Fostering an interest in literacy -- How children develop as readers and writers -- Review: How effective teachers support children's literacy development -- 3. Assessing children's literacy development. Vignette: Mrs. McNeal conducts second-quarter assessments -- Classroom-based reading assessment -- Portfolio assessment -- High-stakes testing -- Review: How effective teachers assess children's literacy development -- 4. Cracking the alphabetic code. Vignette: Mrs. Firpo teaches phonics -- Phonemic awareness -- Phonics -- Review: How effective teachers assist children in "cracking the code" -- 5. Learning to spell. Vignette: Mrs. Zumwalt differentiates spelling instruction -- Stages of spelling development -- Teaching spelling -- Review: How effective teachers teach spelling -- 6. Developing fluent readers and writers. Vignette: Ms. Williams teaches high-frequency words -- Reading fluency -- Writing fluency -- Review: How effective teachers develop fluent readers and writers -- 7. Building children's word knowledge. Vignette: Mr. Wagner teaches vocabulary -- Children's vocabulary knowledge -- Word-study concepts -- Teaching children about words -- Review: How effective teachers build children's word knowledge -- 8. Facilitating children's comprehension: reader factors. Vignette: Third graders become strategic readers -- What is comprehension? -- Teaching about reader factors -- Review: How effective teachers facilitate children's comprehension -- 9. Facilitating children's comprehension: text factors. Vignette: Fourth graders learn about frogs -- Text factors of stories -- Text factors of informational books -- Text factors of poetry -- Teaching about text factors -- Review: How effective teachers facilitate children's comprehension -- 10. Scaffolding children's reading development. Vignette: Mrs. Ohashi uses the reading process -- The reading process -- Organizing for instruction -- Review: How effective teachers scaffold children's reading development -- 11. Scaffolding children's writing development. Vignette: First graders participate in writing workshop -- The writing process -- Teaching writing -- The writing process in action -- Review: How effective teachers scaffold children's writing development -- 12. Integrating literacy into thematic units. Vignette: Third graders create multigenre projects -- Connecting reading and writing -- Demonstrating learning -- Thematic units -- Review: How effective teachers integrate literacy into thematic units.
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