Literacy Enhancement Strategies
Literacy Enhancement Strategies

Author: Thomas Daly

Publisher:

Published: 2010-03-09

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9781934226094

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Upper elementary, middle, and high school students with high functioning autism who are at or near grade level can often benefit from additional practice, consistent routines, and step-by-step progression of skill development. This book provides strategies and easy-to-follow sample lessons that cover content areas such as talking and listening, reading and comprehending, predicting and anticipating, actively engaging, and organizing written language. These literacy enhancement strategies are closely aligned with the existing general education curriculum and are linked to students' individual educational goals and objectives. Each chapter contains an overview and theory, a parent letter, goals and objectives, and questionnaires for self monitoring. Also included are suggested teacher directions and discussion topics. Worksheets for students are available as part of the teacher directions and as easily printable worksheets on the accompanying CD.

Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K-5
Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K-5

Author: Seth A. Parsons

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1462546048

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What are the principles that every elementary teacher must learn in order to plan and adapt successful literacy instruction? This concise course text and practitioner resource brings together leading experts to explain the guiding ideas that underlie effective instructional practice. Each chapter reviews one or more key principles and highlights ways to apply them flexibly in diverse classrooms and across grade levels and content areas. Chapters cover core instructional topics (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension); high-quality learning environments; major issues such as assessment, differentiation, explicit instruction, equity, and culturally relevant pedagogy; and the importance of teachers’ reflective practice and lifelong learning.

Improving Adolescent Literacy
Improving Adolescent Literacy

Author: Douglas Fisher

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2014-12-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780133878806

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Gives middle and secondary school teachers the tools they need to support students' comprehension and success in literacy and in content area learning Adolescent literacy, content area literacy, instructional strategies, writing to learn, vocabulary development MARKET: Middle and secondary school teachers

Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction
Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction

Author: Diane M. Barone

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2013-09-04

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 1462511775

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Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3). Coverage includes foundational topics such as alphabet learning, phonological awareness, oral language development, and learning to write, as well as cutting-edge topics such as digital literacy, informational texts, and response to intervention. Every chapter features guiding questions; an overview of ideas and findings on the topic at hand; specific suggestions for improving instruction, assessment, and/or the classroom environment; and an engrossing example of the practices in action.

The Knowledge Gap
The Knowledge Gap

Author: Natalie Wexler

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0735213569

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The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. But The Knowledge Gap isn't just a story of what schools have gotten so wrong--it also follows innovative educators who are in the process of shedding their deeply ingrained habits, and describes the rewards that have come along: students who are not only excited to learn but are also acquiring the knowledge and vocabulary that will enable them to succeed. If we truly want to fix our education system and unlock the potential of our neediest children, we have no choice but to pay attention.

Enhancing Literacy for All Students
Enhancing Literacy for All Students

Author: S. Jay Kuder

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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This book prepares teachers to shape the reading, writing and language skills of children in diverse classroom settings. With its focus on early literacy activities in home and school settings, this book offers thorough coverage that helps readers grasp literacy development as it occurs from emergent to advanced levels. Rooted in practicality, it presents methods that have been successful with children who have a wide spectrum of learning abilities as well as those with substantial learning challenges. Chapter topics include foundations of literacy; students with literacy difficulties; assessing literacy; enhancing emergent literacy, early literacy, transitional literacy, and advanced literacy skills; specialized approaches for literacy difficulties; enhancing literacy with students with moderate and severe disabilities; literacy and diversity; and families and literacy. For elementary school teachers of reading and language arts.

Fish in a Tree
Fish in a Tree

Author: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0142426423

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"Fans of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder will appreciate this feel-good story of friendship and unconventional smarts.” —Kirkus Reviews Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. As her confidence grows, Ally feels free to be herself and the world starts opening up with possibilities. She discovers that there’s a lot more to her—and to everyone—than a label, and that great minds don’t always think alike. The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who’s ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn’t fit in. This paperback edition includes The Sketchbook of Impossible Things and discussion questions. A New York Times Bestseller! * “Unforgettable and uplifting.”—School Library Connection, starred review * "Offering hope to those who struggle academically and demonstrating that a disability does not equal stupidity, this is as unique as its heroine.”—Booklist, starred review * “Mullaly Hunt again paints a nuanced portrayal of a sensitive, smart girl struggling with circumstances beyond her control." —School Library Journal, starred review

Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy
Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy

Author: Judith L. Irvin

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 141660541X

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Learn the 5 steps that school leaders can take to improve student literacy in all content areas, with targeted interventions for students who are struggling the most.