4th Edition

Teaching Reading to Every Child

470 Pages
by Routledge

470 Pages
by Routledge

472 Pages
by Routledge

This popular text, now in its Fourth Edition, introduces pre-service and in-service teachers to the most current theories and methods for teaching literacy to children in elementary schools. The methods presented are based on scientific findings that have been tested in many classrooms. A wealth of examples, hands-on activities, and classroom vignettes--including lesson plans, assessments,... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: The Wonderful World of Literacy: Getting to Know Students, Classrooms, and Your Instructional Style. Getting to Know Your Students as Literacy Learners. Looking Inside Classrooms: Organizing Instruction. Assessing Reading Achievement. Part II: Developing Literacy Performance and Preferences. The Importance of Oral Language in Developing Literacy. Word Identification Strategies: Pathways to Comprehension. Vocabulary Development. Comprehension Instruction: Strategies at Work. Content Area Learning. What the Teacher Needs to Know to Enable Students' Text Comprehension. Teaching Children to Write. Discovering the World Through Literature. Technology and Media in the Literacy Classroom. Teaching Reading to Students Who Are Learning English. All Students Are Special: Some Need Supplemental Supports and Services to Be Successful. Historical Perspectives on Reading and Reading Instruction.

Biography

Diane Lapp, James Flood, Cynthia Brock, Douglas Fisher