Literacy for the 21st Century : A Balanced Approach

by Tompkins, Gail E.

• ISBN13: 9780130172976
• ISBN10: 0130172979
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Appropriate for courses in Elementary Reading Methods. This best-selling text is based on four contemporary theories of literacy learningconstructivist, sociolinguistic, interactive, reader responseand advocates a balanced approach to teaching reading. The author offers a highly readable text demonstrating how to implement a literature-based reading program using skills and strategies taught with a whole-part-whole approach.

Author Biography

Gail E. Tompkins is a Professor at California State University, Fresno, in the Department of Literacy and Early Education.

Table of Contents

PART I What Is a Balanced Approach to Literacy Instruction?	2	(114)
Becoming an Effective Teacher of Reading	6	(34)
Teaching the Reading and Writing Processes	40	(38)
Assessing Students' Literacy Development	78	(38)
PART II How Do Children Learn to Read and Write?	116	(114)
Working With Emergent Readers and Writers	120	(40)
Breaking the Alphabetic Code	160	(36)
Developing Fluent Readers and Writers	196	(34)
PART III How Do Readers and Writers Construct Meaning?	230	(116)
Learning About the Meaning of Words	234	(34)
Facilitating Students' Comprehension	268	(38)
Becoming Familiar With the Structure of Text	306	(40)
PART IV How Do Teachers Organize Literacy Instruction?	346	(145)
Literature Focus Units	350	(32)
Literature Circles	382	(22)
Reading and Writing Workshop	404	(28)
Basal Reading Textbooks	432	(24)
Reading and Writing in the Content Areas	456	(35)
PART V Compendium of Instructional Procedures	491	(43)
Appendix: Award-Winning Books for Children	534	(5)
Index of Authors and Titles	539	(13)
Subject Index	552