July 20th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Becoming, Children, Edition, Effective, Literacy, MyLabSchool, Read, teacher, teaching, Write

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This book focuses on helping the preservice teacher become an “Influential Reading Teacher,” one whom students remember years later as a special teacher and person. The ideas and teaching strategies in this book are clearly developed to actively involve preservice teachers in understanding and thinking about children’s reading and writing development. Information is derived from the latest theory and research on reading and language development. Central to this text is the real world classroom; thus, theory and research are applied to literacy teaching through examples, instructional strategies, and illustrations – all intended to guide and support readers toward the…
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March 13th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: at, Creating, Edition, Instruction, Literacy, MyLabSchool, Students

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With its inclusive view of literacy, Creating Literacy Instruction for All Studentsemphasizes methods that have been validated by research and practice, while delivering the basics of all major aspects of reading and writing. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling book continues to be a comprehensive, practical text that provides its readers with step-by-step guidance for teaching reading and writing. Written by distinguished author Tom Gunning, this text features sample lessons for virtually every major literacy skill/strategy and offers numerous reinforcement suggestions and generous listings of materials. With its careful balance between the theory and the practice, readers are always…
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January 10th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Areas, at, Building, Content, Edition, ESL, Literacy, MyLabSchool, Reading, Technology

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It is estimated that 25% to 35% of students do not read well enough to handle their content area texts. This book emphasizes strategies, techniques, and materials especially appropriate for students who are struggling to learn. Above all else, the book serves as a practical guide, filled with sample lessons, examples of exemplary teaching, explanations of student strategies, and emphasizes integrating technology into the classroom. Building Literacy in the Content Areas reflects the diversity of today’s student population and emphasizes the need to gear instruction to include all students. This K-12 book provides templates for planning programs and making modifications…
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October 1st, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: "language acquisition", at, Book, Edition, english language, english language learners, ESL, language development, Learning, Literacy, MyLabSchool, Reading, Resource, Teachers, Writing

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Praised for its strong research base, engaging style, and inclusion of specific teaching ideas, the Fourth Edition comprehensively examines oral language, reading, and writing development in English for K-12 students. This Fourth Edition of Peregoy & Boyle’s text continues the strengths of the third with its comprehensiveness and accessibility, providing a wealth of practical strategies for promoting literacy and language development in English language learners (K-12). Unlike many texts in this field, Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL takes a unique approach by exploring contemporary language acquisition theory as it relates to instruction and providing suggestions and methods for…
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September 19th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: Across, Area, at, Content, Curriculum, Edition, Learning, Literacy, literacy and learning across the curriculum, MyLabSchool, no child left behind, Reading, struggling readers, Writing

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Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Content Area Reading remains the market-leading text in content literacy and maintains the authors’ original objective-to offer an ambitious, coherent, and workable exploration of content literacy. With the underlying belief that students learn with texts, not necessarily from them, this respected text is designed to be an active learning tool, complete with real-world examples and research-based practices. Thoroughly updated and revised to incorporate topics that touch on contemporary issues such as content standards, assessment, diversity, struggling readers, the No Child Left Behind Legislation and Reading First, respected authors Rich Vacca and JoAnne Vacca continue to…
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September 12th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: Across, Area, at, Books, Carte, Content, Curriculum, Learning, Literacy, literacy and learning across the curriculum, MyLabSchool, Plus, Reading, Writing
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With the underlying belief that students learn with texts, not necessarily from them, this respected text is designed to be an active learning tool, complete with real-world examples and research-based practices. Reading, writing, speaking, and listening processes to learn subject matter across the curriculum. Content Area Reading…. More >>
Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, Books a la Carte Plus MyLabSchool
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