Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (February 25, 2019) © 2020

  • Gail E. Tompkins California State University, Fresno, Late Professor Emerita
  • Emily Rodgers The Ohio State University
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  • Classroom vignettes
  • Mini lessons
  • Step-by-step procedures

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Title overview

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.

Table of contents

  • 1. Becoming an Effective Teacher of Reading
  • 2. Examining Students' Literacy Development
  • 3. Assessing Students' Literacy Development
  • 4. Cracking the Alphabetic Code
  • 5. Learning to Spell
  • 6. Developing Fluent Readers and Writers
  • 7. Building Students' Vocabulary
  • 8. Teaching Comprehension: Reader Factors
  • 9. Facilitating Students' Comprehension: Text Factors
  • 10. Scaffolding Students' Reading Development
  • 11. Scaffolding Students' Writing Development
  • 12. 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.

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