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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877084803321

Titolo

Breakthroughs in literacy : teacher success stories and strategies, grades K-8 / / Susan E. Israel and contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2009]

ISBN

1-282-54797-6

9786612547973

0-470-63989-X

1-118-26933-0

0-470-63991-1

Edizione

[First edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Collana

Jossey-Bass teacher

Altri autori (Persone)

IsraelSusan E

Disciplina

372.6044

Soggetti

Language arts (Elementary) - Curricula

Language arts (Middle school) - Curricula

Literacy - Study and teaching (Elementary) - United States

Literacy - Study and teaching (Secondary) - United States

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

Breakthroughs in Literacy: Teacher Success Stories and Strategies, Grades K-8; Jossey-Bass Teacher; Contents; Introduction: Why Teacher Stories?; Acknowledgments; The Author and Editor; The Contributors; Part One: Connection: Knowing the Learner; Part Two: Motivation: The Right Book Can Make a Difference; Part Three: Engagement: Multisensory Experiences; Part Four: Transformation: Learning Together; Part Five: Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Teachers share advice on creating successful literacy classrooms for all students, including those who struggle This much-needed resource is filled with lively and inspiring stories from teachers who overcame challenges with underperforming and struggling learners-many of them special needs students-to make significant breakthroughs in reading and writing instruction. The teachers reveal their trials, errors, and triumphs in how they discovered particular instructional strategies or incorporated modeling and motivational techniques that best addressed students' learning needs and open