1st Edition
The Texts in Elementary Classrooms
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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This CIERA sponsored book is based on the premise that high-quality texts of all kinds are essential to good teaching in elementary classrooms. Experts on a variety of text-related topics were asked to summarize existing research and then apply it to literacy development in an "ideal" classroom. The most comprehensive and up-to-date book in its field, it moves progressively from an examination of... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Basic Processes and Text Features. V. Purcell-Gates, N.K. Duke, Texts in the Teaching and Learning of Reading. J.W. Cunningham, D.A. Koppenhaver, K.A. Erickson, S.A. Spadorcia, Word Identification and Text Characteristics. S.A. Stahl, K.A.D. Stahl, From Brown Bear to Paddington Bear: The Role of Text in the Development of Fluency. S.G. Paris, R.D. Carpenter, Children's Motivation to Read. Part II: Considering the Forms of Texts in Classrooms. S. Keehn, M.G. Martinez, W.H. Teale, Choosing Fiction to Support Young Children's Literacy Development. J.V. Hoffman, N.L. Roser, M. Sailors, Leveled Texts for Beginning Readers: A Primer, a Test, and a Quest. N.K. Duke, C. Tower, Nonfiction Texts for Young Readers. B. Maloch, J.V. Hoffman, E.U. Patterson, Local Texts: Reading and Writing "of the Classroom." M.L. Kamil, H.S. Kim, D. Lane, Electronic Text in the Classroom. Part III: Some Issues Surrounding Text Selection. G.E. García, E.B. Bauer, The Selection and Use of English Texts With Young English Language Learners. N. Roser, Heavy (and Heavy-Handed) Issues Surrounding Book Selection. Part IV: Assessing the Text Environment. J.V. Hoffman, M. Sailors, Studying the Literacy Environment and Literacy Practices as the Basis for Critical Reflection and Change.
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James V. Hoffman, Diane Lemonnier Schallert
" 'The Texts in Elementary Classrooms' spotlights the essential role texts play in children's literacy development. This book provides vreadth and depth to issues surrounding texts, allowing readers to focus on aspects of texts that support, rather than hinder, students' orchestration of reading and creation of meaning....contributes to the field in its ability to make implicit aspects of text explicit."
—Journal of Literacy Research
