Literacy Development in the Early Years, Pearson New International Edition, 7th edition

An integrated language arts approach to literacy development that brings early childhood perspectives on how children learn in pre-kindergarten though grade three, together with explicit teaching of literacy skills and strategies teachers need to make it all work.

Pre-service and in-service teachers get a wealth of valuable information for making children active participants in the process of literacy development with this integrated approach to language arts. The book encourages teaching reading, writing, listening, thinking, and viewing at the same time, using each skill to develop the others, and discusses both constructivist problem-solving teaching and more explicit systematic instruction.

Through both theoretical and research-based rationales, plus extensive practical applications, renowned author Lesley Mandel Morrow presents literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose–and helps pre- and in-service teachers grasp the scope and complexity of early literacy development. This comprehensive, balanced approach to literacy teaching and learning covers oral language development, word study, phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension, listening and writing. The reader is provided with a complete picture of early literacy development.

· An opening case study provides a minute-by-minute plan to use during the language arts block that gives readers a look at exemplary teaching. A part of the block is discussed in each chapter and the entire language arts block is revisited at the end of the book.

· The author emphasizes the importance ofassessment-guided instruction.

· Included are teacher and child dialogues, vignettes, lessons, and model interactions between parents, children, and teachers, providing realistic examples of the concepts throughout the text.

· A complete description of literacy centers with multiple materials and classroom management suggestions is presented.

The author also presents:

· A historical and research review of the changes in beliefs and theories of how early literacy instruction emerged as we know it today.

· Important policies influencing instruction

· A look at the teaching skills needed to become a fluent reader, along with numerous examples of classroom ready strategies.

· Photos from actual classrooms illustrating the ideas presented in the text.

· NEW! The use of the Common Core Standards in Language Arts/Literacy is introduced in Chapter 2 and presented as groups of the standards, such as word study, in the appropriate chapters giving teachers the information they must know about National Standards in order to teach them.

· NEW! Response to Intervention is thoroughly explained along with a clear look at how teacher can put it to use when dealing with struggling readers.

· NEW! More information on English Language Learners, especially in the chapters on diversity and oral language development (Chapters 3 and 4) helps teachers understand the best means of dealing with English Learners effectively and gives them practical ways of doing so.

· NEW! More information on technology gives teachers cutting edge methods and approaches to teaching that are attractive and motivating to children.

· NEW! More information on motivating children to read, throughout the book and especially in Chapter 8, gives teachers the skills and strategies they need to make classroom learning more relevant and engaging for children.

· NEW! More information on Content Oriented Reading Instruction includes interesting science and social studies experiments and exciting experiences that help teachers give students a reason to learn, while making reading more interesting and motivating.

· NEW! A new Integrated Language Arts Unit in an Appendix emphasizes the importance of learning to read and reading to learn.

· NEW! Activities have been moved from the end of the book to the chapters they belong with giving students and instructors opportunities to apply the ideas as they come up in each chapter.

· NEW! Marginal A+RISE®Teaching Strategies alignwith relevant concepts in the main body of the text and give teachers in grades K-12 quick, research-based strategies to get to the “how” of targeting their instruction and making content accessible for all students, including English language learners.

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