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Effective Literacy Instruction, K-8, 4/e

Donald J. Leu, Syracuse University
Charles K. Kinzer, Vanderbilt University

Published August, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1999, 384 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-907544-5


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Summary

An all-new edition of the highly successful text written by a respected author team, leaders in the field of literacy education and the use of new technologies for literacy. Developed for a methods course in reading/literacy, this textbook is organized around a central proposition: the insights university students develop about literacy and children largely determine their effectiveness as teachers.

Features


NEW—Presents a balanced literacy approach using more than 30 models and 300 practical teaching strategies showing how teachers with different beliefs approach instruction.
NEW—Develops new instructional models to integrate Internet technology into literacy lessons: Internet Workshop, Internet Activity, Internet Project, and Internet Inquiry.
NEW—Defines and explores a personal “literacy framework” (a set of insights to inform instructional decisions) to illustrate how to meet individual needs in the classroom.
NEW—Revises the chapters Decoding Knowledge, Classroom Organization, and Literacy Learning in Electronic Environments to reflect the changes that have taken place in these areas.
NEW—Switches the order of the chapters Material and Method Frameworks and Developing a Literacy Framework to better prepare students to rationalize their emerging teaching philosophies within the context of the current debates about methods and frameworks.
Integrates children's literature, writing, and multicultural perspectives into the development of thematic units and to engage children in reader response projects.
Promotes a comprehensive understanding of decoding instruction including making words, message of the day activities, context use, phonics instruction, sight word instruction, big book activities, deductive instruction, inductive instruction, invented spelling, and the appropriate use of talking storybooks.
Celebrates diversity in developing strategies that promote literacy and learning with extensive use of award-winning, culturally conscious literature and response journal opportunities to controversial issues in each chapter.
Provides a Literacy Listserv, a supportive forum for students to discuss insights with other readers and the authors.
Features an Internet home page, regularly updated providing readers with links to each site listed in the book and to new ideas about literacy instruction.


Table of Contents
I. ENTERING THE WORLD OF LITERACY LEARNING.

    1. The Challenge and the Rewards.
    2. Using Material and Method Frameworks for Literacy Instruction: Getting Started.
    3. Developing A Literacy Framework.

II. DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE BASE.
    4. The Central Role of Children's Literature.
    5. Connecting Reading and Writing.
    6. Emergent Literacy.
    7. Decoding and the Development of Literacy.
    8. Vocabulary and Literacy.
    9. Reading Comprehension: The Construction of Meaning.
    10. Content-area Reading and Study Skills.
III. ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS.
    11. Supporting Literacy through Assessment.
    12. Including All Children in Your Literacy Program.
IV. INSTRUCTIONAL PATTERNS AND TECHNOLOGIES.
    13. Classroom Organization.
    14. Supporting Literacy with Computers and Related Technologies.
    Appendix A: Award-winning Children's Literature: Newbery Medal Winners.
    Appendix B: Award-winning Children's Literature: Caldecott Medal Winners.
    Practical Teaching Strategies Index.
    Index of Internet Locations.
    Name Index.
    Subject Index.

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