Literacy : Helping Children Construct Meaning Book

Contents

Note: Each chapter concludes with a summary.

• 1. Focus on Literacy Learning

  What Is Literacy?

  How Literacy Develops

  Stages of Literacy Development

  The Role of Standards and Benchmarks in Literacy Instruction

  Diversity and Literacy Learning

  Technology and Literacy Learning

  A Partial History of Reading and Literacy

  Principles for Guiding Literacy Learning

  Focus of This Text

  • 2. A Comprehensive Literacy Program

    Comprehensive Literacy Instruction

    Standards and Instruction in a Comprehensive Literacy Program

    Formats for Developing Standards-Based Literacy Lessons

    Sample Guided Listening Lesson

    Texts for a Comprehensive Literacy Program

    • 3. Prior Knowledge: Activating and Developing Concepts and Vocabulary

      Understanding Prior Knowledge, Concept Development, and Vocabulary in Literacy Learning

      The Role of the Teacher

      Strategies for Helping Students Achieve Independence in Activating and Developing Prior Knowledge

      Standards-Based Literacy Lesson: Gladiator

      • 4. How to Teach Strategies for Constructing Meaning

        Strategies and Standards

        Strategies for Constructing Meaning

        Planning Effective Strategy Instruction

        Strategy Lessons: The Minilesson

        A Final Word About Strategies

        • 5. Beginning Literacy: Decoding, Vocabulary, and Meaning

          What You Need to Know About Beginning Reading Instruction

          Routines for Comprehensive Literacy Instruction

          Planning Daily Instruction Using Routines

          Standards-Based Literacy Lesson: No! No! Titus

          • 6. Beyond Beginning Literacy: Decoding, Vocabulary, and Meaning

            Standards at the Upper Elementary andMiddle School Levels

            Vocabulary Development

            Elements of Effective Vocabulary Development

            Guidelines for Effective Vocabulary Instruction

            Standards-Based Literacy Lesson: Ananse's Feast

            • 7. Responding and the Construction of Meaning

              Responding: What It Means and Why It Is Important

              A Classroom Atmosphere That Promotes Responding

              Procedures That Promote Responding to Literature

              • 8. Writing and the Construction of Meaning

                Why Writing and Reading Together?

                Standards and Writing

                Ways to Think About Writing

                Activities That Connect Reading and Writing

                Process Writing: A Way to Construct Meaning

                Sample Lesson Using the Shared Writing Routine

                Writing Conventions

                Using Technology to Support Writing and Reading

                • 9. Helping Struggling Readers

                  Who Are Struggling Readers?

                  The Comprehensive Literacy Program, Standards, and Struggling Readers

                  Identifying Struggling Readers

                  Core Instruction for Struggling Readers

                  Intervention for Struggling Readers

                  Finding Time for Struggling Readers

                  • 10. Developing a Management System for a Comprehensive Literacy Classroom

                    Organizing Your Comprehensive Literacy Classroom

                    The Literacy Classroom

                    Developing a Management System

                    Meeting the Needs of All Students

                    • 11. Assessment and Evaluation in the Comprehensive Literacy Classroom

                      A Current View of Assessment

                      Principles to Guide Effective Assessment

                      Using Standards to Guide Assessment

                      Organizing Assessment Information for Instructional Use

                      Assessment Techniques

                      Making Decisions from Assessment Data

                      What to Do About Grading

                      • Handbook Resource

                        The English Sound System

                        Phonics

                        Structural Analysis

                        Teaching Phonics and Structural Analysis