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Fellowes, Janet; Oakley, Grace – Oxford University Press, 2011
"Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education" is a comprehensive textbook for all students studying literacy and language subjects in early childhood education and primary degrees. Covering an age range from 0 to 8 years the book encompasses the four main early childhood contexts of: the family and community; childcare; the pre-school years,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Textbooks, Literacy
Combs, Barbara – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Designed to help preservice and inservice teachers use assessments to identify problems and employ appropriate strategies to help their students become better readers, this text includes 12 case studies that detail children's literacy struggles. The cases are embedded within a framework of research-based instructional interventions related to best…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Preservice Teachers, Emergent Literacy, Reading Teachers
Davison, Jon, Ed.; Daly, Caroline, Ed.; Moss, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Debates in English Teaching" explores the major issues all English teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It engages with established and contemporary debates, promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Creativity, Social Class, Writing (Composition)
Athans, Sandra K.; Devine, Denise Ashe – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2010
Get your students motivated! As a teacher, you know how essential student buy-in is to instructional effectiveness: It is not enough to merely have students participate in the classroom activities you select--you need to get them to want to participate. In "Fun-tastic Activities for Differentiating Comprehension Instruction, Grades 2-6", you will…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Small Group Instruction, Class Activities, Learning Activities
Athans, Sandra K.; Devine, Denise Ashe – Eye on Education, 2010
"Motivating Every Student in Literacy (Including the Highly Unmotivated!), Grades 3-6" provides an effective model for improving reading levels and increasing motivation. Under the guidance of Athans and Devine, classroom leaders develop their own Motivation Improvement Action Plans, where small-group instruction, end-of-unit assessments, and…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Student Motivation, Case Studies, Elementary School Students
Beers, Carol S.; Beers, James W.; Smith, Jeffrey O. – Guilford Publications, 2009
This book explains how busy elementary school principals can support effective literacy instruction in their schools. Chapters outline the fundamental components of a successful literacy program and describe specific practices that can instill a culture of literacy in a school. Strategies are provided for initiating a professional development…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Literacy, Faculty Development, Reading Instruction
Antonacci, Patricia A.; O'Callaghan, Catherine M. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Organized around 10 key areas for teaching and learning literacy--phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, story comprehension, comprehension of informational text, questioning for understanding, discussion for understanding, narrative writing, and writing to learn--"Promoting Literacy Development" offers 50 clearly written,…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Second Language Learning, Literacy
Colombo, Michaela – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Ideal as a supplementary text for a variety of courses and as a guide for in-service teachers and for professional development settings, "Teaching English Language Learners: 43 Strategies for Successful K-8 Classrooms" provides teachers of all content areas with a broad, practical approach to teaching English language learners in the regular…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Duran, Elva – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2012
Students whose first language is not English are the fastest-growing group in public schools in all regions of the United States. Almost 10 million children between the ages of five and 17 live in the homes and communities in which a language other than English in spoken and presently most schools in the U.S. are under-educating many English…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Academic Discourse, Public Schools, Speech Communication
Beach, Richard; Thein, Amanda Haertling; Webb, Allen – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
As the new English Language Arts Common Core State Standards take hold across the United States, the need grows for pre-service and in-service teachers to be ready to develop curriculum and instruction that addresses their requirements. This timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive text directly meets this need. It delineates a literacy practices and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Curriculum Development, Language Arts, State Standards
Helman, Lori – Teachers College Press, 2012
This hands-on guide shows elementary school teachers how to create multilingual classroom communities that support every learner's success in reading, writing, and general literacy development. The author provides a practical overview of key ideas and techniques and describes specific literacy activities that lead to vocabulary and oral English…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Writing Skills
Dimino, Joseph; Taylor, Mary Jo – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Professional development with proven positive effects on vocabulary instruction and student achievement: that's what reading teachers are looking for, and that's what the Teacher Study Group (TSG) model delivers. With the nine complete TSG sessions in this book, K-8 teachers will form dynamic in-school learning groups with their fellow educators…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Reading Teachers, Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Bender, William N.; Waller, Laura – Solution Tree, 2011
In "RTI & Differentiated Reading in the K-8 Classroom," the authors argue that whole-group reading instruction in general education classes is no longer an appropriate learning environment. They outline three innovations that educators can integrate to dramatically improve reading instruction from kindergarten through the upper elementary…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Study Guides
Shapiro, Edward S. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This popular practitioner guide and text presents an effective, problem-solving-based approach to evaluating and remediating academic skills problems. Leading authority Edward S. Shapiro provides practical strategies for working with students across all grade levels (K-12) who are struggling with reading, spelling, written language, or math.…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Intervention, Remedial Instruction, Educational Environment
Smartt, Susan M.; Glaser, Deborah R. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
This reader-friendly teaching guide makes the next steps of literacy instruction clear and easy for K-6 educators. Developed by highly respected experts Smartt and Glaser, this book gives readers a specific breakdown of the indicators on today's most popular reading assessments and matches those items with interventions that make a real…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers