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This text incorporates instructional strategies to meet the speaking, listening, reading, and writing needs of elementary and secondary students. The cognitive, affective, social, and cultural factors that create differences in literacy abilities are emphasized.... More

The purpose of this book is to prepare teachers to meet the reading and writing needs of students whose progress is not moving as rapidly as their peers'. Class-tested for two years in courses at the University of Georgia, Monmouth University, and the University of Notre Dame, Literacy Difficulties ... More

A student's ability to read depends largely on the size and quality of his or her vocabulary. However, despite that fact, vocabulary instruction has not evolved to the same degree as instruction in word recognition, comprehension, and other areas of literacy. This book will change that. Containing s... More

"An important compendium of first-class information. It is a valuable instructional guide at a time when classroom teachers are under unprecedented pressure for the nationwide move to standard-based reform and high stakes testing. Rather than continuing the myth of the 'good old days' of reading ins... More

"The wealth of this information is like finding a chest of jewels you always knew was under the ocean but now here it is-a wonderful discovery that validates everything I knew was right about teaching to the needs of the individual learner."-Leslie Morris, Reading First Coach Enhance your repertoire... More

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire." -William Butler Yeats These quotes will inspire reflection on your teaching and provide tools to inspire your students, too Teachers will find a year's worth of thought-provoking quotations by thinkers from in and out of education... More

This practical, empowering book addresses the challenges facing educators, school administrators, and families in low socioeconomic status urban settings and presents field-tested strategies for promoting reading, writing, and oral language success. Featuring thorough research reviews, instructional... More