How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy (J-B Ed: Ready-To-Use Activities) (Spiral bound) - Common

by Sandra F. Rief

How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy offers you a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3—8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help you teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format.

This dynamic resource offers an easily accessible research-based approach to balanced literacy that is grounded in the innovative ideas developed by authors Sandra F. Rief and Julie A. Heimburge. The book includes detailed descriptions of what a balanced literacy classroom looks like and shows how to create a program from the ground up or give your existing program a boost. The book can be used across content areas and is filled with reproducible worksheets, activities, and other handy classroom tools. Some topics covered

· Shared book experiences

· Reading aloud

· Oral language and vocabulary development

· Guided reading for comprehension

· Modeled writing

· Reading and writing conferences

· Book clubs

· Content area reading and writing

· Ongoing assessments

· Enhancing literacy through technology

352 pages, Spiral-bound

First published August 17, 2007