Full Description
Weaving together the latest knowledge and best practices for teaching children to read, this indispensable text and professional resource provides a complete guide to differentiated instruction for diverse learners. Uniquely integrative, the book places the needs of English language learners and students with disabilities front and center instead of treating them as special topics. Accessible chapters on each of the core components of literacy clearly demonstrate how to link formal and informal assessment to evidence-based instruction. Special features include Research Briefs, Tech Tips, Internet Resources, Reflection and Action Questions, and dozens of reproducible student activities and assessment tools.
Contents
I. Focus on the Learner
1. Understanding Our Role as Teachers: Facing the Challenges of Helping All Students Learn to Read and Write, Jeanne Shay Schumm and Maria Elena Arguelles
2. No Two Learners Learn Alike: The Importance of Assessment and Differentiated Instruction, Jeanne Shay Schumm and Maria Elena Arguelles
3. No Two Learners Are Alike: Learners with Linguistic and Cultural Differences, Mary A. Avalos
II. Focus on the Foundations of Reading
4. In the Beginning: Phonological Awareness, Elizabeth D. Cramer
5. The Alphabetic Principle, Phonics, and Spelling: Teaching Students the Code, Ana Maria Pazos Rego
6. Toward Independence: Sight Words and Structural Analysis, Peggy D. Cuevas
7. Practice Makes Permanent: Working toward Fluency, Jodi Crum Marshall and Yvonne C. Campbell
8. Once Upon a Time: Comprehending Narrative Text, Adriana L. Medina and Paola Pilonieta
9. Making Sense of Knowledge: Comprehending Expository Text, Michele Mits Cash and Jeanne Shay Schumm
10. The Wonder of Words: Learning and Expanding Vocabulary, Lina Lopez Chiappone
11. The Magic of Literature: Trade Books in the Classroom, Jeanne Bergeron
12. The Parallel Bar: Writing Assessment and Instruction, Adriana L. Medina
III. Focus on Connections
13. The Digital Connection: An Exploration of Computer-Mediated Reading Instruction, William E. Blanton and Rita M. Menendez
14. Putting It All Together in Classroom and Resource Settings: Organizational Frameworks for Differentiated Instruction, Jeanne Shay Schumm
Appendix A. Student Reading and Writing Profile
Appendix B. Frequently Asked Questions About Informal Reading Inventories--Revisited
Appendix C. Assessment References
Appendix D. Children's Literature References
Appendix E. Research Skills
Glossary
