Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students

by Gunning, Thomas G.

• ISBN13: 9780132685795
• ISBN10: 0132685795
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-17
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The Eighth Edition of this authoritative, best-selling resource from distinguished author Tom Gunning gives aspiring and practicing teachers the help they need to become highly effective teachers-so that their students become proficient readers and writers well on their way to preparing for college and careers. Drawing on landmark research that focuses on highly effective practices, such as setting goals, monitoring progress, and teaching strategies, Gunning's Teaching Literacy Strategies for All Studentsis packed with step-by-step guidance for teaching reading and writing, including 30 sample lessons that cover virtually every major literacy skill and strategy, incorporating the key elements of effective assessment and instruction. The book emphasizes how to adapt instruction for struggling readers and writers, English language learners, and special needs students; stresses effective steps teachers can use to implement Response to Intervention; and familiarizes teachers with the reading and writing requirements stemming from the widely-adopted Common Core State Standards.

Author Biography

Thomas G. Gunning, a former junior high English teacher and elementary school reading consultant, is Professor Emeritus, Southern Connecticut State University, where he was department chair and reading clinic director. Currently an Adjunct Professor, Reading/ Language Arts Department, Central Connecticut State University, Professor Gunning has conducted research on group reading inventories, vocabulary assessment, reading disabilities, intervention programs, readability, response to intervention, decoding processes and strategies, and literacy skills needed to cope with high-stakes tests. His other books with Pearson include Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties, Fourth Edition; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students In Grades 4-8, Third  Edition; Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students: Building Reading, Reasoning, and Responding; Closing the Literacy Gap; and Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children in Grades Pre-K to 4, Second Edition.

Table of Contents

1          The Nature of Literacy  

2          Teaching All Students  

3          Assessing for Learning  

4          Fostering Emergent/Early Literacy  

5          Teaching Phonics, High-Frequency Words, Fluency, and Syllabic Analysis  

6          Building Vocabulary  

7          Comprehension: Theory and Strategies  

8          Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures  

9          Reading and Writing in the Content Areas and Study Skills  

10        Reading Literature  

11        Approaches to Teaching Reading  

12        Writing and Reading  

13        Creating and Managing a Literacy Program