Creating Literacy Instruction For All Students

by Gunning, Thomas G.

• ISBN13: 9780133846577
• ISBN10: 0133846571
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2015-01-20
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with the loose-leaf version, use ISBN 0134059794.

 

With its emphasis on helping struggling readers and English language learners, Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students includes in-depth coverage of every major topic in literacy education and includes a number of features not currently found in other texts, including: an Academic Word List adapted for elementary and middle school students, arranged by difficulty level of words; specialized techniques for teaching difficult phonics elements; easy-to-administer and analyze formative phonics, syllabic analysis, and comprehension assessments; comprehension techniques, such as mystery passages, using manipulatives, macro close, and writing intensive reading comprehension; stage of development; explanations on the use of extensive data bases of Lexiled informational texts; and outstanding pedagogical features to enhance teaching and learning. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded video and assessments.

 

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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 and is currently chairperson of the IRA Readability Special Interest Group. Gunning has conducted research on group reading inventories, vocabulary assessment, reading disabilities, intervention programs, response to intervention, decoding processes and strategies, readability, and literacy skills needed to cope with high-stakes tests. Gunning’s other books with Pearson include Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties, 5/e; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students In Grades 4-8, 3/e; 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, 2/e.