Highlighting practices used by exemplary literacy teachers in diverse schools across the nation Using teaching vignettes, cases for exploration, and research in the field, this text provides preservice and inservice teachers with effective, research-based literacy strategies they can use to improve their practice to best serve students from diverse backgrounds. The cases-based in urban, rural, and suburban settings-help teachers make connections between classroom challenges and the research literature that can help them to become problem solvers and reflective practitioners. Each chapter follows a consistent format in supporting the link between research and practice, and includes the following key features: Focus Questions: Help readers make associations between the chapter text and their prior knowledge and experiences Reading Research to Know: Relates a vignette to research in the field Inside the Classroom: Provides a detailed vignette of teacher instruction in literacy, followed by questions for discussion Summary of Strategies Used: Helps teachers connect the vignette to classroom practice Case for Exploration: Presents a classroom scenario, along with questions for discussion
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Learning from Successful Literacy Teachers Discussion of IRA's Excellent Reading Teachers 2. Guiding Students Literacy Success Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: Hawthorne Elementary School, Madison, Wisconsin Summary of Strategies Used Case for Exploration: Hawthorne Elementary School, Madison, Wisconsin Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites 3. Oral Language Development Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: A. Doyle Elementary School, Fresno, California Summary of Strategies Used Case for Exploration: A. Doyle Elementary School, California Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites 4. Early Literacy Development Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: Springview Elementary School, Miami Springs, Florida Summary of Strategies Used Case for Exploration: Masson Elementary School, Lorain, Ohio Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites 5. Vocabulary Development Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: Chinn Elementary, Parkhill, Missouri Summary of Strategies Case for Exploration: Chinn Elementary, Parkhill, Missouri Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites 6. Comprehending Text Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: Baggaley Elementary School, Latrobe, Pennsylvania Summary of Strategies Used Case for Exploration: Baggaley Elementary School, Latrobe, Pennsylvania Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites 7. Development of Written Communication Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center, Fort Worth, Texas Summary of Strategies Case for Exploration: Bruce Shulkey Elementary School, Fort Worth, Texas Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites 8. Literacy Across the Curriculum: Strategy Instruction in the Content Areas Focus Questions Reading Research to Know Inside the Classroom: Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Buffalo, New York Summary of Strategies Used Case for Exploration: P.S. #17 Buffalo, New York Concluding Thoughts Terms to Know Research that Works Websites Glossary Index About the Authors About the Contributors
