Classrooms That Work : They Can All Read and Write

Patricia M. Cunningham

ISBN 10: 0134089596 / ISBN 13: 9780134089591

Published by Pearson, 2015

About this Item

Neuware - For courses in Elementary Reading Methods. An ideal resource for elementary classroom teachers and reading specialists. Practical help for providing balanced, comprehensive literacy instruction for all students, particularly those from culturally diverse backgrounds and those who are struggling with reading and writing. This popular resource provides comprehensive, balanced, practical literacy instruction for all students in today's increasingly diverse classrooms, especially students from culturally diverse backgrounds and those struggling with reading and writing. As the Common Core raises the bar for all children, Classrooms That Work helps educators meet the challenges by presenting lesson frameworks for providing reading and language arts instruction that helps all children achieve their highest literacy levels. In a clear, friendly writing style, the authors emphasize the importance of promoting the integration of phonics and literature-based process writing and reading instruction to enhance all students' learning and reading skills. The book clarifies concepts, defines key terms, and offers just the right balance of research and practical coverage to make the content complete without being overwhelming. In this new edition, comprehension and writing lesson frameworks are illustrated with sample lessons, which incorporate the gradual release of Responsibility Model. A practical Word Detectives lesson framework teaches students how to use all of the clues in the text to figure out word meaning, and three new chapters cover reading informational text, integrating writing with science and social studies, and diagnostic procedures for targeting Tier 2 interventions for struggling readers who are not making adequate progress.

Seller Inventory # 9780134089591

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classrooms That Work : They Can All Read and Write
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134089596
• ISBN 13: 9780134089591
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 280W x 220H x 12D millimeters 280 millimeters width by 220 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 583 grams

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Synopsis

Practical help for providing balanced, comprehensive literacy instruction for all students, particularly those from culturally diverse backgrounds and those who are struggling with reading and writing.

 

This popular resource provides comprehensive, balanced, practical literacy instruction for all students in today’s increasingly diverse classrooms, especially students from culturally diverse backgrounds and those struggling with reading and writing. As the Common Core raises the bar for all children, Classrooms That Work helps educators meet the challenges by presenting lesson frameworks for providing reading and language arts instruction that helps all children achieve their highest literacy levels. In a clear, friendly writing style, the authors emphasize the importance of promoting the integration of phonics and literature-based process writing and reading instruction to enhance all students’ learning and reading skills. The book clarifies concepts, defines key terms, and offers just the right balance of research and practical coverage to make the content complete without being overwhelming.

About the Author

Patricia M. Cunningham is a Professor of Education at Wake Forest University. She has over 30 years of experience, taught in various elementary grades and remedial reading, and was a curriculum coordinator and director of reading. Her major professional goal is promoting literacy for all children and currently engages in staff development across the United States.

 

Richard L. Allington is a Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He is past president of the International Reading Association and the National Reading Conference, co-recipient of the Albert J. Harris Award, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame. Dick has extensively researched effective teaching and how schools can develop effective, expert teachers.