Clearing the Path for Developing Learners (Paperback)

All learning is based on the mastery of essential literary skills, and in this impactful title from author and reading specialist Peg Grafwallner, educators will discover tools they need to embed literacy into all subjects. Using this book’s skill-building strategies and reproducibles, educators can effectively teach those literacy skills to support developing students as they learn to read, write, and think critically.

• Expand their teaching methods to include literacy skills
• Introduce literacy into daily lesson planning
• Embed reading comprehension into any subject area
• Create a positive classroom culture through relevant and relatable vocabulary strategies
• Scaffold instruction using literacy strategies to boost subject-area comprehension

Peg Grafwallner, MEd, is an instructional coach and reading specialist at Ronald W. Reagan College Preparatory High School, an urban International Baccalaureate school located on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Peg has more than twenty-five years of experience in education. She began her career as an English teacher at a private high school and eventually became an alternative education teacher in a suburban district. She has taught graduate-level courses on reading and writing in the content areas, with an emphasis on differentiation and interventions. She now supports teachers in seamlessly embedding literacy without disrupting their classroom objectives. Peg models how to create comprehensive literacy lessons that enhance skill building; she coaches and assists teachers in creating these lessons.
Peg is a member of the Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA), Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English (WCTE), National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). As the parent of a gifted and talented son and a daughter receiving special education, Peg offers a unique educational lens that focuses on supporting students of all abilities in realizing their potential in the classroom and beyond. She is a blogger, author, and national presenter whose topics include coaching, engagement, and inclusion. Her articles have appeared in The Missouri Reader, Exceptional Parent, the WSRA Journal, and the Illinois Reading Council Journal. She has written for several websites and blogs, including Edutopia, ASCD Inservice, Education Week’s Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo, KQED’s In the Classroom, and Literacy & NCTE. She has also appeared on numerous podcasts, such as Cult of Pedagogy, BAM! Radio, and Ed: Conversations About the Teaching Life. Peg is also the author of Lessons Learned From the Special Education Classroom: Creating Opportunities for All Students to Listen, Learn, and Lead; Ready to Learn: The FRAME Model for Optimizing Student Success; and Not Yet . . . and That’s OK: How Productive Struggle Fosters Student Learning.
Peg earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a mentoring certification from Cardinal Stritch University, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and an alternative education certification from Marian University, and a reading specialist certification from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.