Literacy in Grades 4-8 : Best Practices for a Comprehensive Program

Nancy L. Cecil

ISBN 10: 1138077933 / ISBN 13: 9781138077935

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr 2017, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literacy in Grades 4-8 : Best Practices for a Comprehensive Program
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138077933
• ISBN 13: 9781138077935
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 276W x 209H x 0D millimeters 276 millimeters width by 209 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 960 grams

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Synopsis

Comprehensive yet succinct and readable, Literacy in Grades 4-8, Third Edition offers a wealth of practical ideas to help preservice and practicing teachers create a balanced and comprehensive literacy program while exploring the core topics and issues of literacy in grades 4 through 8. It addresses teaching to standards; differentiating instruction for readers and writers; motivating students; using assessment to inform instruction; integrating technology into the classroom; working with English learners and struggling readers; and connecting with caregivers. Selected classroom strategies, procedures, and activities represent the most effective practices according to research and the many outstanding classroom teachers who were observed and interviewed for the book.

The Third Edition includes added material connecting the Common Core State Standards to the instruction and assessment of literacy skills; a combined word study and vocabulary chapter to help readers integrate these important topics in their teaching; more on technology, including comprehension of multimodal texts, enhancing writing instruction with technology tools, and teaching activities with an added technology component; added discussion of teacher techniques during text discussions, strategic moves that help students become more strategic readers.
Key features: In the Classroom vignettes; more than 50 activities,some with a technology component; questions for journal writing and for projects and field-based activities; troubleshooting sections offering alternative suggestions and activities for those middle-grade students who may find a particular literacy focus challenging.

About the Author

Nancy Lee Cecil is Professor of Education, California State University, Sacramento, USA.

Joan P. Gipe is Professor Emerita, University of New Orleans, and Lecturer, California State University, Sacramento, USA.

Marcy E. Merrill is Professor of Education, California State University, Sacramento, USA.