Literacy

by Cooper, J. David; Kiger, Nancy D.

• ISBN13: 9780618907083
• ISBN10: 0618907084
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

A leading seller for K-8 literacy programs, this extremely popular reading methods text has a simple goal: to provide aspiring teachers with the tools to help every student learn to read and write. Now titled Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning, this edition continues to provide preservice and in-service teachers with the information, techniques, and strategies to help all students become literate. Cooper and Kiger's text is distinguished in the field by its use of practical literacy lessons and authentic examples to clearly demonstrate how to teach reading and writing. Authentic, full-color children's stories (in excerpts or in their entirety) model extended literacy lessons throughout the text.

Table of Contents

Effective Literacy Teachers

A Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Program

Prior Knowledge: Activating and Developing Concepts and Vocabulary

How to Teach Strategies for Constructing Meaning

Beginning Literacy

Intermediate Grades and Middle School: Decoding, Vocabulary, and Meaning

Responding and the Construction of Meaning

Writing and the Construction of Meaning

Helping Struggling Readers

Developing a Management System for a Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Classroom

Assessment and Evaluation in the Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Classroom

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