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Literacy Matters: Strategies Every Teacher Can Use de Robin J. Fogarty

Literacy Matters: Strategies Every Teacher Can Use

Autor Robin J. Fogarty
en Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 30 mar 2014
The versatile and practical handbook to promote students' literacy and learning! Scores of children across the country do not read with comprehension, and literacy has become a national priority. In Literacy Matters, internationally recognized author, educational coach, and consultant Robin Fogarty defines and reviews 15 practical literacy approaches that teachers can use across all content areas and grade levels to help students develop essential literacy skills. This user-friendly resource provides strategies for immediate implementation with an overview of the research and best practices associated with each strategy.With an easy-to-use menu that enables teachers to select the specific strategies they want to use to boost content-area literacy and comprehension, this valuable guide explores proven instructional methods such as
- Teaching metacognitive student thinking - Creating literature circles
- Involving parents and community
- Tapping into prior knowledge
- Using technology to impact literacy acquisition
Put these strategies to use in your classroom, and watch as your students improve their reading and comprehension, and apply these tools for success across content areas and in their lives!
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781483364322
ISBN-10: 1483364321
Pagini: 104
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"A wonderful tool and the type of book teachers long for. Gets straight to the point and gives strategies and ideas that any teacher can use. The practices can be put into place quickly and will make a difference."
"Makes a definite contribution to the field of literacy, and will be ideal for all schools in my county for hiring literacy coaches this year. The author's focus is perfect, with a clearly stated purpose that is fulfilled throughout the book."

Cuprins

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Learn to Learn With Metacognitive Reflections
2. Interact With Seven Strategies to Comprehend (Phantom Skill)
3. Tap Into Prior Knowledge to Support Schema Theory
4. Extend Reading to Encourage Flexible Reading
5. Research the Principles of the Brain and Learning
6. Analyze Words to Foster Fluency
7. Collaborate With Cooperative Learning Groups to Engage Learners
8. You-Are-a-Reader Attitude Matters
9. Mediate With Early Intervention Strategies
10. Appeal to Parents/Guardians Gets Them Involved
11. Teach Vocabulary by Building Background Knowledge (Dolch List)
12. Tune-in to Technology to Impact Literacy
13. Enter Literacy With a Multiple Intelligences Approach
14. Read-Aloud, Read-Along, Read-Appropriately Practices Foster Flexible Readers
15. Strategize Reading With Guided Reading Activities
References and Bibliography

Descriere

The author defines 15 literacy approaches, with research and best practices associated with each strategy, to teach literacy and comprehension across all grade levels and content areas.

Notă biografică

Robin Fogarty is President of RFA: A Robin Fogarty Company, a Chicago-based, minority-owned, educational publishing/consulting company. Robin received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University of Chicago. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Robin has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies.

She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Robin has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The Journal of Staff Development and The Middle School Lournal. She is the author of numerous publications, including Brain-Compatible Classrooms, Literacy Matters, Ten Things New Teachers Need, How to Integrate the Curricula, The Adult Learner, A Look at Transfer, Close the Achievement Gap, Twelve Brain Principles, Nine Best Practices, and From Staff Room to Classroom: Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards, Invite! Excite! Ignite! 13 Principles for Teaching, Learning and Leading K-12 classrooms

Robin received her Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education at SUNY, Potsdam, NY, and her Masters in Instructional Strategies from National Louis University in Evanston, IL.  She is known as the teachers¿ teacher and has mentored numerous colleagues in the art and science of working with the adult learner. She brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to all endeavors, has a wealth of knowledge in the field and conducts highly interactive PD sessions.