How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy
Overview
How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy offers you a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3-8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help you teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format.
This dynamic resource offers an easily accessible research-based approach to balanced literacy that is grounded in the innovative ideas developed by authors Sandra F. Rief and Julie A. Heimburge. The book includes detailed descriptions of what a balanced literacy classroom looks like and shows how to create a program from the ground up or give your existing program a boost. The book can be used across content areas and is filled with reproducible worksheets, activities, and other handy classroom tools. Some topics covered include:
- Shared book experiences
- Reading aloud
- Oral language and vocabulary development
- Guided reading for comprehension
- Modeled writing
- Reading and writing conferences
- Book clubs
- Content area reading and writing
- Ongoing assessments
- Enhancing literacy through technology
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780787988050
- ISBN-10: 0787988057
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass
- Publish Date: August 2007
- Dimensions: 10.92 x 8.56 x 1.04 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.13 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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