Building bridges from early to intermediate literacy, grades 2-4 / / Sarah F. Mahurt, Ruth E. Metcalfe, Margaret A. Gwyther ; foreword by Margaret Mooney ; cover designer, Lisa Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797312703321
• Autore: Mahurt Sarah F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 1-4522-9452-6; 1-4522-9772-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Disciplina: 372.6
• Soggetti: Language arts (Primary); English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Primary); Active learning
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Introduction""; ""Teaching for Independence""; ""Teaching for Strategic Action""; ""Struggling Readers and English Language Learners""; ""How Children Grow as Readers and Writers""; ""Literacy Instruction During Transition""; ""Reflection""; ""Chapter 2 - Assessment""; ""Getting Started""; ""Word Study""; ""Reading""; ""Writing""; ""Using Assessment""; ""Finding Time""; ""Reflection""; ""Chapter 3 - Word Study""; ""Learning About Words""; ""Phonological and Phonemic Awareness""""Phonics""; ""Structural Analysis""; ""Linking to the Real Work of Reading and Writing""; ""Reflection""; ""Chapter 4 - Reading""; ""Getting to Know a Reader in Transition""; ""Developing Stamina""; ""Changes in Workstations""; ""Gradually Decreasing Small-Group Guided Reading""; ""Using Reading Minilessons""; ""Teaching Children How to Choose Books""; ""Literature Circles""; ""Strengthening Comprehension""; ""Shared Reading for Comprehension and Fluency""; ""Shifting Responses to Text""; ""Writing More Developed Responses to Reading""; ""Sharing Time""; ""Reflection""""Chapter 5 - Writing""; ""Making Instructional Decisions""; ""Modeled Writing""; ""Shared Writing""; ""Interactive Writing""; ""Writing Workshop""; ""Minilessons""; ""Independent Writing and Conferring""; ""Sharing""; ""Reflection""; ""Chapter 6 - Pulling it All Together""; ""Integrating within the Language Arts""; ""Integrating Language Arts with Science and Social Studies""; ""Planning the Nonfiction Project""; ""Preparing for the Nonfiction Project""; ""Literacy Lessons on Nonfiction""; ""Reflection""; ""Afterword""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Help all learners transition successfully from beginning to intermediate literacy levels with these classroom-tested instructional strategies and specialized assessment tools for word study, reading, and writing.