Literacy in the Early Grades

Description

• 0134990560 / 9780134990569 Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers
• 0135176042 / 9780135176047 MyLab Education with Pearson eText — Access Card — for Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers

New and updated features of this title

• NEW: My Teaching To-Do Checklists help teachers verify that they’ve covered key elements for each reading and writing component in their classrooms.
• EXPANDED: Teaching English Learners sections provide in-depth guidance for planning instruction that addresses the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students.
• REVISED: Clarity of concepts about assessment now identifies the differences between assessment and evaluation while better explaining the use and value of running records.
• REVISED: Oral language concepts and phonological awareness concepts are now introduced first. The text then helps readers develop their understanding of phonemic awareness and the strategies needed to engage students in manipulating sounds.

About our authors

The late Gail E. Tompkins was Professor Emerita at California State University, Fresno. Before her passing, she worked with teachers in their kindergarten through 8th-grade classrooms and led staff-development programs on reading and writing. Dr. Tompkins was inducted into the California Reading Association’s Reading Hall of Fame in recognition of her accomplishments in the field of reading, and received the prestigious Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Tompkins was the author of 6 other books published by Pearson: Language Arts: Patterns of Practice, Language Arts Essentials, Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product, 50 Literacy Strategies, and 2 grade-specific versions of this text: Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (K-8) and Literacy in the Middle Grades: Teaching Reading and Writing to Fourth Through Eighth Graders. During the past 3 decades, Dr. Tompkins also worked with kindergarten- through college-level writing teachers at National Writing Project sites in California and Oklahoma.

Emily Rodgers is a professor of reading and early literacy in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Before earning her PhD from OSU, Emily was a classroom teacher and a remedial reading teacher. Her experience spans grades 3 to 9. For the last 15 years, as a faculty member at OSU, Emily has worked extensively providing ongoing professional development to in-service teachers, literacy coaches, and, more recently, preservice teachers pursuing their undergraduate degrees and initial licensure. Emily has co-authored research articles on teaching and literacy development that have appeared in top journals including Reading Research Quarterly, Reading Teacher, the Journal of Literacy Research, Educational Researcher, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, and the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. Emily is also the co-author of a volume published by Teachers College Press, The Effective Literacy Coach, as well as numerous book chapters.

Hallmark features of this title

• Authentic classroom vignettes illustrate stories of teachers and the instructional routines and strategies they use to integrate the teaching of reading and writing.
• Mini Lessons show how real teachers teach concepts and strategies to K – 8 students.
• A Compendium of Step-by-Step Procedures prepares teachers to hit the ground running in their own classrooms.
• Booklists identify grade-appropriate literature to support students’ development.
• A Developmental Continuum looks at the expectations of student development and lets teachers practice applying developmental knowledge for students.
• Assessment Tools identify assessments to monitor student progress or evaluate learning. They’re helpful for designing lessons and planning for instruction.