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B> Finally there exists a book that addresses grades four through eight exclusively! Beginning in the intermediate grade years and continuing on through the middle grades both the nature of literacy concerns and the nature of students change dramatically. It is at this time that school textbooks and other literacy tasks expand and broaden, so too do the development concerns for young adolescents.Promoting Literacy in the Intermediate and Middle Grades is designed as a reference for pre-service and practicing classroom teachers in all subject areas of these grade spans as they take on increased responsibility for introducing, developing and maintaining literacy skills and abilities as well as establishing and maintaining classroom climates that promote and nurture students' literacy.Promoting Literacy in the Intermediate and Middle Grades provides up-to-date research on a wide range of literacy concerns and then translates that research into practice through a series of chapters that focus on specific literacy issues. The text covers a wide range of topics of interest, from the role of the principal and what makes an effective literacy program, to specific characteristics of this age group (who they are) to instructional strategies for meeting their needs in the classroom (how to teach them). Well-known experts from the field of literacy education and intermediate and middle grades education have contributed chapters in their areas of expertise. The chapters are short, yet comprehensive, are reader friendly and reflect the most current thinking in the field. Most of the chapters include easy to follow sample lessons and classroom or school applications. This book is encyclopedic in nature, in that it contains a broad spectrum of topics that can be read cover to cover or used as a reference guide on issues of particular interest. For anyone interested in intermediate and middle school literacy.

Preface and Acknowledgments

vii

PART ONE The Literacy Program in the Intermediate and Middle Grades

1

(112)

The Role of the Teacher in the Literacy Program

3

(14)

Nancy Farnan

The Role of the Principal in the Literacy Program

17

(24)

Dana L. Grisham

Diane Lapp

James Flood

The Role of the Literacy Specialist

41

(12)

K. Denise Muth

Shawn M. Glynn

Settings for School Literacy Programs

53

(10)

David W. Moore

Encouraging Family Involvement in the Intermediate and Middle Grades

63

(14)

Timothy Rasinski

Gay Fawcett

Building Alliances, Building Community, Building Bridges through Literacy

77

(20)

Laurie Stowell

Standards in the Middle: Moving Beyond the Basics

97

(16)

Sharon O'Neal

Barbara Kapinus

PART TWO Literacy and the Intermediate and Middle School Learner

113

(92)

Developmental Tasks of Early Adolescence: The Foundation of an Effective Literacy Learning Program

115

(13)

Judith L. Irvin

Susan E. Strauss

Motivation Matters: Fostering Full Access to Literacy

128

(11)

Linda B. Gambrell

Ann J. Dromsky

Susan Anders Mazzoni

``You Want To Read What?'' Giving Students a Voice in Their Own Literacy and in the Literacy Program

139

(16)

Tom Liner

Deborah Butler

Students with Learning Disabilities and Literacy Issues

155

(17)

Bob Algozzine

John Beattie

Bob Audette

Monica Lambert

Exemplary Schooling for Intermediate and Middle School Students Acquiring English

172

(19)

Josefina Villamil Tinajero

Sandra Hurley

Language Arts Adaptations: Fitting Literacy to Linguistically Gifted Learners

191

(14)

Shelagh A. Gallagher

PART THREE Promoting Literacy in the Classroom: Research into Practice

205

(234)

Interdisciplinary Units: An Introduction to Integrated Curriculum in the Intermediate and Middle School

207

(13)

Jeanneine P. Jones

Integrating Language Arts with the Content Areas

220

(13)

Karen Bromley

Helping Struggling Learners Read and Write

233

(17)

Karen D. Wood

William Dee Nichols

Using Picture Books with Older Children

250

(13)

Miriam Martinez

Nancy L. Roser

Susan Strecker

Spelling in the Middle

263

(19)

Charles Temple

Big Words for Big Kids: The Morphology Link to Meaning and Decoding

282

(13)

Patricia M. Cunningham

Literature Circles, Book Clubs, and Literature Discussion Groups: Some Talk about Book Talk

295

(11)

Nancy L. Roser

Susan Strecker

Miriam G. Martinez

Technological Literacy in the Intermediate and Middle Grades

306

(11)

Robert J. Rickelman

Robert M. Caplan

Visual Literacy: Some Important Considerations for Tomorrow's Classrooms

317

(14)

Diane Lapp

James Flood

Wendy Ranck-Buhr

Promoting Independent Study Strategies in the Classrooms of the Twenty-first Century

331

(13)

Paul Cantu Valerio

John E. Readence

Critical Thinking and Discussion

344

(8)

Dera Weaver

Donna Alvermann

The Enhanced Concerns Framework: A Helpful Heuristic for Working with Middle School Writers

352

(18)

Debra Bayles Martin

James V. Hoffman

Literacy as Performance: The Power of Creative Drama in the Classroom

370

(12)

Patricia Douville

Janet Finke

Preparing Intermediate and Middle Grades Students to Be Document Literate

382

(20)

Cathleen D. Rafferty

Responding to Research in Grouping: Flexible Grouping in the Middle Grades

402

(19)

Jeanne R. Paratore

Rachel L. McCormack

Literacy Assessment: What Should We Use?

421

(18)

Roger Farr

Name Index

439

(7)

Subject Index

446

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