Literacy category: 816 books
The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature
Coming of Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
This examination of the literary effectiveness of young adult literature from a critical, research-oriented perspective answers two key questions asked by many teachers and scholars in the field: Does young adult literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it worthy of close study?
The...
Creating Robust Vocabulary
Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools,...
Teaching Academic Vocabulary K-8
Effective Practices across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
This book showcases effective ways to build the vocabulary knowledge K-8 learners need to engage meaningfully in reading, writing, and discussion on academic subjects. The distinguished authors draw on decades of classroom experience to explain what academic vocabulary is, how it fits into the Common...
The Education of English Language Learners
Research to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the...
Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition
Robust Vocabulary Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K–12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research, the book explains how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create...
Understanding Reading
A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text Smith’s purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading...
Differentiated Reading Instruction
Strategies for the Primary Grades
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
This book provides a research-based framework for making differentiated instruction work in the primary grades. It includes scientifically validated techniques for teaching each component of the beginning reading program. The authors describe how to use assessment to form differentiated small groups...
Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
A Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
How do K-12 students become self-regulated learners who actively deploy comprehension strategies to make meaning from texts? This cutting-edge guide is the first book to highlight the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular...
Cracking the Common Core
Choosing and Using Texts in Grades 6-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexity, design...
Unpacking Complexity in Informational Texts
Principles and Practices for Grades 2-8
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
To acquire content knowledge through reading, students must understand the complex components and diverse purposes of informational texts, as emphasized in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This practical book illuminates the ways in which a text’s purpose, structure, details, connective language,...
The Prodigal Tongue
The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
**CHOSEN BY THE ECONOMIST AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English**
“English accents are the sexiest.”
“Americans have ruined the English language.”
Such claims about the English...
Woe Is I
The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Fourth Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
A revised and updated edition of the iconic grammar guide for the 21st century.
In this expanded and updated edition of Woe Is I, former editor at The New York Times Book Review Patricia T. O'Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles with the same insight and humor that have charmed and enlightened...
The Ultimate Guide To Non-Fiction Writing
The 'Whole School' Approach to Non-Fiction Writing
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
The Ultimate Guide To Non-Fiction Writing: The ‘Whole School’ Approach to Non-Fiction Writing provides busy teachers with simple structural models for a wide range of non-fiction genres. Related language features of each genre are then made explicit, using accessible terminology for both teachers...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
In this indispensable work, prominent authorities review the latest research on all aspects of ELL instruction (K–12) and identify what works for today's students and schools. Provided are best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies,...