Early Literacy Matters is an innovative action guide for elementary school leaders and instructional coaches dedicated to accelerating literacy performance in the early grades, when prevention of reading difficulties matters most. As a unique father-daughter team with combined expertise in literacy education and instructional leadership, the authors share best practices for literacy success. Readers will learn how to... establish and lead a literacy team, implement embedded professional development, utilize key assessments to frame daily instruction, and illustrate specific organizational and scheduling models needed to support systemic change based on the science of reading. Each chapter features reflection questions and explicit strategies and tools leaders can implement immediately in today’s classrooms.
The author defines 15 literacy approaches, with research and best practices associated with each strategy, to teach literacy and comprehension across all grade levels and content areas.
With an easy-to-use menu that enables teachers to select the specific strategies they want to use to boost content-area literacy and comprehension, this valuable guide explores proven instructional methods such as Teaching metacognitive ...
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metaphysical antinomies, 184 methodology of sociology, 101 metrics, 40 Meurer, Bärbel, 174 Meyer, Henry J. 227 Meyers, Marvin, 214 Michels, Roberto, 97, 150, 196, 236 Michener, James, 219 micro-dimensionality, 196 Middle Ages, ...
The Handbook of Early Literacy Research presents cutting-edge knowledge on all aspects of literacy learning in the early years.
By following families over three years the authors have convincingly shown the power of a family literacy program to change lives. At the broadest level their conclusions will come as...
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The book has a further aim of giving volunteers and future teachers a realistic view of what teaching is like, especially in urban environments. The book also assists readers looking toward careers as teachers and as child-support workers.
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