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Literacy for the 21st century : a balanced approach
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The market leader in literacy education, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach continues to evolve to meet the needs of a changing world. Crafted for the undergraduate K-8 literacy cou...
The market leader in literacy education, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach continues to evolve to meet the needs of a changing world. Crafted for the undergraduate K-8 literacy course, this comprehensive and thoroughly applied text continues to cover the information new and experienced teachers need to know to teach literacy effectively, and follows this information with the specific strategies to use in the classroom to develop successful readers and writers. Integrating the best of what we know about teaching reading and writing, and implementing the ideas that will lead us into the future of education, the fifth edition provides the balance new and experienced teachers need to be successful in the classroom.
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- Creator
- Gail E. Tompkins
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- Language
- English
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- Fifth edition
- Boston : Allyn & Bacon, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xxv, 509 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780136089070, 0136089070, 9780135028926, 0135028922
- OCLC
- ocn276223594
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Pt. 1. What Is a Balanced and Comprehensive Approach to Literacy Instruction? -- Ch. 1. Becoming an Effective Teacher of Reading -- Ch. 2. Teaching the Reading and Writing Processes -- Pt. 2. How Do Children Learn to Read and Write? -- Ch. 3. Working with Young Readers and Writers -- Ch. 4. Breaking the Alphabetic Code -- Ch. 5. Developing Fluent Readers and Writers -- Ch. 6. Expanding Students' Knowledge of Words -- Ch. 7. Facilitating Students' Comprehension: Reader Factors -- Ch. 8. Facilitating Students' Comprehension: Text Factors -- Ch. 9. Assessing Students' Literacy Development -- Pt. 3. How Do Teachers Organize Literacy Instruction? -- Ch. 10. Teaching with Basal Reading Textbooks -- Ch. 11. Teaching Literature Focus Units -- Ch. 12. Orchestrating Literature Circles -- Ch. 13. Implementing Reading and Writing Workshop -- Ch. 14. Reading and Writing in the Content Areas -- Pt. 4. Compendium of Instructional Procedures