Teaching Reading and Writing : The Developmental Approach

This text provides the tools and knowledge pre-service and experienced teachers need to teach reading and writing in a developmentally responsive and integrated way, while meeting the diverse needs of students in today's classrooms. Comprehensive yet accessible, this book uses a conversational tone to present a wealth of critical content that helps readers connect theory to practice through vignettes and sample lessons from real classrooms; authentic student work samples; ideas for using and integrating print-based and digital texts across the curriculum; and tools for organizing and managing a developmentally-responsive literacy program. Included are foundational chapters addressing the nature of development and the interaction of thought, language, and literacy; chapters addressing instruction for English Learners and for students who struggle: and chapters devoted to each stage of development: Emergent, Beginning, Transitional, Intermediate, and Skillful. Coverage includes: Foundational chapters introducing the developmental model and the current policy environment in which the Common Core State Standards, assessment, and RTI figure prominently. Developmental chapters covering each stage of literacy developmentEmergent, Beginning, Transitional, Intermediate, and Skillful. Authentic classroom vignettes at the beginning of each chapter. Sample lessons aligned with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. Suggestions for accommodating the special needs of English Learners. Literature for children and young adults is integrated throughout the text. An illustrative companion text, Newbury Honor Award-winning Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (2004), is available. A number of pedagogical features including a chapter summary that often includes a graphic organizer of the chapters big ideas, suggested extension activities, recommended professional resources, and on-line resources.