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A practical and balanced approach to helping young students become fluent readers and writers Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers presents a balanced approach to literacy instruction that will help all young students make a successful start in reading and writing. Effective teachers know their students' individual needs, and use their understanding of literacy development to guide their teaching. The 5th Edition provides the background knowledge, modeling, and practical resources - including authentic classroom vignettes, student work samples, minilessons, assessment tools, and a Compendium of Instructional Procedures - that will ensure you are well prepared to meet grade-level standards and lead young students to become fluent readers and writers.
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Contents
Becoming an Effective Teacher of Reading
Examining Students' Literacy Development
Assessing Students' Literacy Development
Cracking the Alphabetic Code
Learning to Spell
Developing Fluent Readers and Writers
Building Students' Vocabulary
Teaching Comprehension: Reader Factors
Facilitating Students' Comprehension: Text Factors
Scaffolding Students' Reading Development
Scaffolding Students' Writing Development
Integrating Literacy into Thematic Units
Following Chapter 12 is the Compendium of Instructional Procedures, which includes step-by-step instructions for implementing the evidence-based strategies presented throughout the text.
