Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers

Tompkins, Gail E.

ISBN 10 : 0133564509 ISBN 13 : 9780133564501

Editeur : Pearson, 2014

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

The third edition of Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers  is the book that helps you get every student off to a successful start in literacy. Gail Tompkins, the leader in the field of literacy education, focuses her attention exclusively on the needs of students in PreKindergarten through Grade 4, and on the teachers who will prepare them for reading and writing success. With unsurpassed classroom application in the form of authentic classroom vignettes, student work samples, minilessons, assessment tools, video case studies, and the Compendium of Instructional Procedures, the third edition continues to cover the information new and experienced teachers need to know to teach literacy effectively, and follows this information with the specific strategies to use in the classroom to develop successful readers and writers in the primary grades.

 

Authentic Classroom Experience

• Developmental Continuum features help you understand how to implement chapter concepts appropriately according to student development.
• Spotlight features throughout the text give you in-depth information on literacy development, one remarkable student at a time.
• Authentic vignettes, photos, and student artifacts throughout chapters ground concepts in real primary grades classrooms.

 

Teaching Tools

• NEW! Reality Check: Time Management sections in chapters help you manage your time to better prepare primary grades students for literacy learning.
• NEW! Nurturing English Learner sections in chapters focus on ways to scaffold students who are learning to read and write at the same time they’re learning to speak English.
• NEW! PreK Practices notes throughout chapters draw your attention to the particular needs of preschoolers. These notes point to the most appropriate strategies and adaptations to meet the needs of the youngest literacy learners. 

Assessment and Evaluation

• NEW! Assessment Tools in all chapters recommends specific tests and informal assessments to use to screen, diagnose, and monitor student progress.  
• NEW! If Children Struggle features help you determine what to do after assessments to help primary grades students who continue to struggle with reading and writing.  

MyEducationLab

NEW! In the pages of this text you'll meet five second graders who are learning to read and write. You’re invited to go to the Literacy Portraits section of the MyEducationLab website to watch students and their inspiring teacher. There you’ll examine classroom footage and student artifacts that document a year-long case study of literacy learning. A MyEducationLab Access Code is required to access this information.

• Literacy Portraits: Viewing Guide features in the text help you use the year long case study of five second grade students to apply chapter concepts like assessment, vocabulary instruction, word walls, and more.
• Margin notes draw your attention to additional video and other online materials that will enrich your understanding of chapter concepts.

To order this book WITH MyEducationLab, use either ISBN:

ISBN-10: 0131381490

ISBN-13: 9780131381490

To order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab, use either ISBN:

ISBN-10: 0137027877

ISBN-13: 9780137027873 

 

 

Quatrième de couverture :

In Literacy in the Early Grades, Gail Tompkins, long-recognized as a leader in the field of literacy education, presents research-based, practical help for getting every child off to a successful start in literacy—preparing new teachers for passage of their licensure exams and assuring experienced teachers  of their ability to meet new accountability measures.  The text focuses exclusively on the developmental literacy needs of children in Pre-K through grade 4, and on the skills and strategies teachers need to guide them to become successful, fluent readers and writers. In this text, teachers get research-based, practical directives supported by authentic student examples of sound literacy instruction and assessment, along with unsurpassed classroom applications in the form of authentic classroom vignettes, student work samples, mini lessons, assessment tools, video case studies, and a compendium of instructional procedures. Features new to this edition include:

 

• NEW! Common Core State Standards boxes help readers gain an understanding of the relationship between chapter topics and the Standards they will be require to cover in their literacy classrooms. The Standards are introduced in the first chapter and discussed as they relate to decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, writing and other topics in the chapters that follow.
• NEW! The Instruction-Assessment Cycle explains how teachers use assessment to plan instruction, monitor and evaluate student progress, and reflect on the effectiveness of their instruction.  
• NEW! Guided Reading is now fully developed as a part of organizing for literacy instruction. Requested by reviewers, shared is the what, why, when, and how to use guided reading.
• NEW! Checklists help readers recognize instruction that is critical to successful literacy teaching, such as differentiating instruction, and increasing future teachers’ understanding of how they will be held accountable for the various elements of literacy instruction. (These Checklists have appeared as Guidelines in previous editions of the text but are recast in this edition to invite readers to reflect on their personal knowledge about literacy instruction and the responsibilities they will undertake in classroom practice.)
• NEW! More to Explore clickable margin notes in the etext ask teachers to engage in an activity that will develop skills to enhance their knowledge about teaching reading and writing. eText users will find hyperlinks to videos of classroom footage and  instructional procedures.
• Go Digital! features, identified by a special icon, draw readers’ attention to information about websites and tech tools that can benefit literacy teaching and learning, such as learning how to create rubrics.
• Teaching Kids to Be Strategic! features identify specific skills and strategies teachers will use to guide children toward becoming fluent readers and writers.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0133564509
• ISBN 13: 9780133564501
• Reliure: Feuillets mobiles
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 432