Creating literacy instruction for all children /

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Author / Creator:Gunning, Thomas G.
Edition:4th ed.
Imprint:Boston, MA : Allyn and Bacon, c2003.
Description:xviii, 638 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4760192
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ISBN:0205355390
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-622) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Every chapter begins with Anticipation Guide and Using What You Know
  • Every chapter concludes with Summary, Extending and Applying, Developing a Professional Portfolio, and Developing a Resource File
  • Most chapters end with Essential Standards and Assessment
  • Preface
  • 1. The Nature of Literacy and Today's Children
  • The Nature of Reading
  • The Reader's Role in the Reading Process
  • Approaches to Reading Instruction: Whole versus Part Learning
  • Importance of Literacy Models
  • Approach Taken by this Text
  • Stages of Reading Development
  • Status of Literacy
  • Standards Movement
  • A Reading and Writing Program for Today's Students
  • 2. Evaluation
  • The Nature of Evaluation
  • Placement Information
  • Norm-Referenced Versus Criterion-Referenced Tests
  • Judging Assessment Measures
  • Reporting Performance
  • Rubrics
  • Assessment in Basal Series
  • Other Methods of Assessment
  • Self-Evaluation
  • Evaluating Writing
  • Portfolios
  • Basal Reader Assessment
  • Assessing Materials
  • 3. Fostering Emergent/Early Literacy
  • Understanding Emergent Literacy
  • Fostering Emergent Literacy
  • Core Activities for Building Emergent/Early Literacy
  • Reading in Preschool
  • Working with Parents
  • Family Literacy
  • Monitoring Emergent Literacy
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 4. Teaching Phonics, High Frequency, and Syllabic Analysis
  • Rationale and Approaches for Phonics Instruction
  • How Words Are Read
  • How High Frequency Words Are Learned
  • Stages in Reading Words
  • Basic Principles of Phonics Instruction
  • Phonics Elements
  • Approaches to Teaching Phonics
  • Scope and Sequence
  • Adapting Basal Reader Instruction
  • Phonics and Spelling
  • Strategy Instruction
  • High Frequency Words
  • Building Fluency
  • Syllabic Analysis
  • Decodable Texts
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 5. Building Vocabulary
  • The Need for Vocabulary Instruction
  • Stages of Word Knowledge
  • Seven Principles of Developing Vocabulary
  • Techniques for Teaching Words
  • A Planned Program
  • Remembering Vocabulary
  • Teaching Special Features of Words
  • Learning How to Learn Words
  • Supplying Corrective Feedback
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 6. Comprehension: Theory and Strategies
  • The Process of Comprehending
  • Comprehension Strategies. Social-Constructivist Nature of Comprehension
  • Learning Environment
  • Integration of Strategies
  • Importance of Affective Factors
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 7. Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures
  • Nature of the Text
  • The Role of Questions in Comprehension
  • Frameworks for Fostering Comprehension
  • The Cloze Procedure
  • Critical Reading
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 8. Reading in the Content Areas
  • Overall Goals of Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas
  • Using Content Area Texts
  • Children's Books and Periodicals in the Content Areas
  • Group Placement Inventory
  • Instructional Techniques
  • Teaching Content Area Knowledge
  • Reading for Conceptual Change
  • Nature of Knowledge and Skills Required in Major Content Areas
  • Writing to Learn
  • Sheltered English
  • Reading to Remember
  • Fostering Retention
  • SQ3R: A Theory-Based Study Strategy
  • Test-Taking Strategies
  • Study Habits
  • Expressive Study Skills
  • Metacognitive Study Strategies
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 9. Experiencing Literature
  • Experiencing Literature
  • Types of Literature
  • Voluntary Reading
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 10. Approaches to Teaching Reading. Changing Approaches to Teaching Reading. Basal Approach. Literature-Based Approach
  • Individualized Reading/Reading Workshop
  • Language Experience Approach
  • Whole Language
  • Guided Reading
  • Four Blocks
  • An Integrated Approach
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 11. Writing and Reading
  • The Roots of Writing
  • Guided Writing
  • Process Approach to Writing
  • Writing Workshop
  • Thinking and Reading Like a Writer
  • Interpersonal Writing
  • Improving Expository Writing
  • Guiding the Writing of Reports
  • Assessing and Improving Writing: The Key Traits Approach
  • Technology and Writing
  • Reading Helps Writing
  • A Full Menu
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 12. Diversity in the Classroom
  • Teaching All Students
  • Students at Risk
  • Students with Disabilities
  • Gifted and Talented
  • Inclusion
  • Intervention Programs
  • Tutoring Programs
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • 13. Constructing and Managing the Literacy Program
  • Constructing a Literacy Program
  • Managing a Literacy Program
  • Literacy and Technology
  • Literacy in Today and Tomorrow's World
  • Professional Development
  • Help for Struggling Readers and Writers
  • References
  • Index
  • Appendix A. Graded Listing of 1000 Children's Books
  • Appendix B. Informal Assessment of Key Skills and Strategies