Creating literacy instruction for all children

Synopsis

"Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children" is a comprehensive, practical book that provides step-by-step guidance for teaching all major aspects of reading and writing. Gunning's book allows the reader to discover approaches and techniques that fit individual personal styles and situations. It aims to present as fairly, completely, and clearly as possible the major methods and strategies shown successful in research and practice. The book features sample lessons for virtually every major literacy skill/strategy and offers numerous reinforcement suggestions and generous listings of materials. With two updated chapters on word analysis skills/strategies, the book continues to give teachers the information and techniques they need to implement a systematic but functional program of word analysis that is integrated with students' reading and writing. The book also presents the theory behind the methods, so readers will choose, adapt, and/or construct their own approaches as they create literacy instruction. This edition endorses the viewpoint that a well-prepared classroom teacher is capable of effectively instructing most struggling readers and writers. For in-service and pre-service teachers of elementary reading methods and language arts.