Every Young Child A Reader: Using Marie Clay's Key Concepts For Classroom Instruction

Synopsis

This Resource Gives K-2 Teachers Specific Suggestions For Using Marie Clay's Groundbreaking Reading Recovery Principles To Ensure That All Children Meet New And Rigorous Standards In All Facets Of Literacy Learning. Every Young Child A Reader Includes Robust Instructional Examples Replete With Explicit Depictions Of Classroom Practice And Focus Questions. Machine Generated Contents Note: Elian And Karen: The Crucial Role Of Strategic Activity -- Four Essential Principles -- Features Of The Book -- 1.differentiated Classroom Instruction -- Why Is Differentiated Classroom Instruction Essential? -- Implementing Differentiated Classroom Instruction -- Systematic Observation Of Children's Literacy Behaviors -- Summary -- 2.teaching Foundational Skills -- Integrated Opportunities To Learn Foundational Skills -- Learning Concepts About Print -- Learning Letters -- Summary -- 3.the Role Of Meaning And Comprehension In Learning: Narrative Text -- Integrated Decoding And Comprehension Instruction -- Reading Narrative Text For Enjoyment And Understanding -- Teaching For Meaning And Comprehension -- Summary -- 4.building Knowledge With Informational Text -- Incorporating Informational Texts In The Classroom -- Building Knowledge And Enlarging Experience -- Gaining Knowledge Through Units Of Study -- Summary -- Note Continued: 5.learning To Write Informational Text -- Writing As Active Problem Solving -- Constructing Ideas Into Written Language -- Student Strengths And The Challenges Of Informational Text -- Dedicated Time For Writing -- Summary -- 6.a Steep Gradient Into More Complex Literacy Tasks -- Engineering A Step Up In Complex Learning -- Achieving Rigor In K -- 2 Classroom Literacy Instruction -- Teaching For Successful Reading Of Increasingly Complex Text -- Summary -- Epilogue: Leadership In Classroom-based Instructional Change -- Building A Comprehensive Literary Program One Shift At A Time -- Collaborative Extended Learning Through Classroom Teaching. Sharan A. Gibson, Barbara Moss ; Foreword By Gay Su Pinnell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.