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Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write (with MyEducationLab), 6/E
Lesley Morrow, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

ISBN-10: 0205642632
ISBN-13: 9780205642632

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2009
Format: Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 560 pp
Published: 04/10/2008

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This text emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach.

 

With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose. The Sixth Edition presents a theoretical and research-based rationale for its contents, as well as extensive practical applications to help students grasp the scope and the complexity of early literacy development.

 

This Sixth Edition embraces integrated language arts and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language in the home and in school curriculum. The use of expository and narrative selections of children's literature is emphasized, as well as motivating children to become lifelong readers. This edition spends more time with strategies for preschool literacy and skill development in grades Pre-K through three. Both constructivist problem-solving teaching techniques and more explicit systematic instruction are discussed.

 

Key to this Sixth edition is the expanded coverage in the assessment chapter of the importance of assessment-guided instruction. In addition, differentiation of instruction has been made a high priority, and much more attention has been paid to dealing with children from diverse backgrounds. There are also more practical examples of how teachers can put strategies into practice than in other editions, especially with the new supplementary perforated pages that can be torn out of the book for actual use with children.


  • Presents a comprehensive and balanced approach to literacy with coverage of problem solving, comprehension, and phonics and phonemic awareness skills, providing students with a complete picture of emergent literacy.
  • Multiple forms for authentic assessment are provided for the teacher, student, and parent.
  • Teacher and child dialogues, vignettes, lessons, and model interactions between parents, children, and teachers provide realistic examples throughout the text.
  • Focus Questions and important vocabulary are found at the beginning of each chapter to facilitate student understanding.
  • Includes current research and applications of such topics as Standards-Based Instruction, Guided Reading, Running Records, and Leveled Books.
  • A complete description of literacy centers with multiple materials and class management suggestions makes it easy for students to implement literacy centers in their schools (Chapter 9).

  • Book opens with a case study illustrating exemplary teaching of the language arts in an early childhood classroom. The purpose placing the case study at the book’s beginning is to set the stage for specifics to follow throughout the rest of the text and to initially provide a total picture of what a rich literacy environment looks like.
  • Forty eight new pages of classroom activities related to each chapter at the end of the book. The pages are perforated for students to remove or photocopy. These pages provide students with strategies and center materials to create and use in field experiences, student teaching, or their own classroom. 
  • A new Integrated Language Arts Unit in the Appendix, called “Animals Around the World,” with a strong multicultural theme.
  • More extensive coverage of issues concerning English language learners throughout the text.
  • Continued emphasis on research of early literacy development, including findings from the National Reading Panel, National Early Literacy Panel, Preventing Reading Difficulties, Reading First, The Rand Report, and the implications of the No Child Left Behind legislation.
  • MyEducationLab video component for every chapter. Students can go online and view videos illustrating strategies discussed throughout the book.

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Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction 1

CHAPTER 1 Foundations of Early Literacy Development:

Surveying the Past to the Present 13

Learning Theories, Research, and Philosophies That Have Shaped

Practices 16

Balanced Literacy Instruction 28

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Preschoolers Go Restaurant Hopping

(Constructivist Theory) 36

An Idea from the Classroom: Learning the Initial Consonant P (Explicit

Instruction) 37

Activities and Questions 39

CHAPTER 2 Assessment in Early Literacy:

A Guide for Designing Instruction 41

Theory and Research on Assessing Early Literacy Development 43

Portfolio Assessment 51

Standardized Tests 53

Standards and Standardized Tests for Reading and Writing 56

Stages of Child Development 60

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Reviewing What Was Learned Today 65

An Idea from the Classroom: You Write, I Write: Using Interactive Writing as a

Means of Authentic Assessment 66

Activities and Questions 67

 

CHAPTER 3 Literacy and Diversity: Meeting Needs of Children with

Special Concerns 69

Theory and Research about Literacy and Diversity: Addressing Children’s

Individual Needs 70

Addressing the Literacy Needs of a Diverse Multicultural Society 71

Cultural Diversity 72

Gifted Children, Learning Disability, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Disorder 82

Students Who Are at Risk 83

Multiple Intelligences and Literacy Development 84

Children with Physical Impairments 84

Intervention and Differentiation of Instruction 87

Put Yourself in the Place of the Child 91

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Where in the World Are You From? 93

An Idea from the Classroom: A Multicultural Bakery in the Dramatic-Play

Area 94

Activities and Questions 94

CHAPTER 4 Language and Vocabulary Development 97

Language Development and Reading 99

Theory and Research on How Children Acquire Language 100

Halliday’s Theory of Language Development 103

Brain Development and Language and Literacy Development from

Birth to Age 3 104

Stages in Language Development 105

Helping English Language Learners in Your Classroom 109

Strategies for Language Development 110

Formats for Promoting Language and Vocabulary Development

in the Classroom 125

Assessment of Children’s Language Development 127

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Using Props for Oral Language Development 131

Activities and Questions 132

 

CHAPTER 5 Strategies to Figure Out Words: Phonological Awareness,

Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics 135

Theory and Research Concerning the Acquisition of Literacy by Figuring

Out Words 136

Psycholinguistic Cueing Systems 138

Standards, Skills, and Objectives for Word Study 140

Teaching Strategies for Figuring Out Words 141

Reading Readiness Activities 142

Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness 157

Learning about the Alphabet 161

Strategies for Teaching Phonics 163

Oral Reading to Check Word Study Knowledge 173

Published Materials for Literacy Instruction 174

Assessing Knowledge of Word Study Skills 177

When Do I Teach Word Study in the School Day? How Much Time Do I

Spend Teaching Word Study? How Do I Differentiate Instruction to Meet All

Achievement Levels? 181

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Ideas Using Alphabet Books 181

An Idea from the Classroom: My Very Own Alphabet Book 182

Activities and Questions 184

CHAPTER 6 Developing Comprehension of Text and

Concepts about Books 187

Concepts about Books 189

Activities That Develop Concepts about Books 189

Theory and Research on Comprehension of Text 191

How Comprehension Strategies Are Taught 195

Comprehension Strategies 196

Assessment of Concepts about Books and Comprehension of Text 225

When Do I Teach Comprehension in the School Day? How Much Time Do I

Spend Teaching Comprehension? How Do I Differentiate Instruction to Meet

All Achievement Levels? 225

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Visualizing 228

An Idea from the Classroom: Graphic Organizers 228

Activities and Questions 229

 

 

CHAPTER 7 Writing, Spelling, and Literacy Development 233

Theory and Research about Writing Development 235

Strategies for Writing Development from Birth to Age 2 247

Writing in Early Childhood Classrooms 249

Assessment of Children’s Writing Development and the Writing

Environment 273

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Preschool and First-Grade Pen Pals 279

An Idea from the Classroom: Writing across Genres 279

Activities and Questions 280

CHAPTER 8 Motivating Reading and Writing Using Old

and New Literacies 283

Strategies for Motivating Reading and Writing 284

Preparing a Literacy-Rich Environment 288

Features of Well-Designed Literacy Centers 288

The Teacher as a Model to Motivate Interest 296

Story Reading and Storytelling with Expository and Narrative Text 298

Reading and Writing Independently 304

Literature Activities Initiated by the Teacher 305

Motivating Reading and Writing with Literacy Center Time 307

Organizing Literacy Center Time 307

Use of Technology to Motivate Literacy Development 314

Use of Play to Motivate Literacy Development 318

Assessing Children’s Attitudes toward Books 321

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Felt-Board Story 323

An Idea from the Classroom: Simple Felt-Board Story 325

Activities and Questions 327

CHAPTER 9 Organizing and Managing the Literacy Program 329

Preparation of the Physical Environment 331

Theory and Research Concerning Literacy-Rich Physical

Environments 331

Thematic Units: Integrating Literacy Learning into Content Areas 339

Organizing Instruction to Meet Individual Needs: Guided Reading and Center

Activities 348

Organizing and Managing Literacy Instruction: Daily Schedules 363

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Programs for Kindergarten through Grade 3 365

An Idea from the Classroom: Full-Day Program for Preschool (Ages 3 and 4) 370

An Idea from the Classroom: Full-Day Program for Kindergarten 371

An Idea from the Classroom: Half-Day Program for Preschool

(Ages 3 and 4) 372

An Idea from the Classroom: Half-Day Program for Kindergarten 373

An Idea from the Classroom: Child-Care Centers 374

Activities and Questions 375

CHAPTER 10Family Literacy Partnerships: Home and

School Working Together 377

Theory and Research on Family Literacy 378

Family Literacy: Why Is It Important? 379

Strategies That Promote Literacy Development in the Home 382

Reading as a Home Activity 384

Reading to Children at Home from Birth to Age 8 386

Materials for Writing in the Home 387

Responsive Adults Encourage Literacy 388

Family Involvement in Your Literacy Program: What Teachers Can Do for

All Parents 391

Multicultural Perspectives Concerning Family Involvement and Family

Literacy 396

Family Literacy: Formal Programs 398

What Makes a Family Involvement Literacy Program Successful? 399

Learning More about Family Literacy 406

Resources for Families 406

 

An Idea from the Classroom: Family Backpacks 407

An Idea from the Classroom: Highlighting Family Involvement at School 408

An Idea from the Classroom: A Pajama Party: An Event to Spark School-Family

Partnerships 408

Activities and Questions 409

 

Afterword 411

 

APPENDIX A Children’s Literature 415

APPENDIX B Quality Television Programs with

Associated Children’s Books 427

APPENDIX C Literacy-Related Computer Software

and Websites for Children 429

APPENDIX D Professional Associations and Related Journals

Dealing with Early Literacy 431

APPENDIX E Literacy Software and Websites for Teachers 433

APPENDIX F Integrated Language Arts Thematic Unit:

Animals around the World 435

APPENDIX G Suggestions for Instructors 447

 

Glossary G-1

Children’s Literature Bibliography B-1

Bibliography B-3

Index I-1

Strategies for the Classroom S-1

    This text emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach.

     

    With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose. The Sixth Edition presents a theoretical and research-based rationale for its contents, as well as extensive practical applications to help students grasp the scope and the complexity of early literacy development.

     

    This Sixth Edition embraces integrated language arts and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language in the home and in school curriculum. The use of expository and narrative selections of children's literature is emphasized, as well as motivating children to become lifelong readers. This edition spends more time with strategies for preschool literacy and skill development in grades Pre-K through three. Both constructivist problem-solving teaching techniques and more explicit systematic instruction are discussed.

     

    Key to this Sixth edition is the expanded coverage in the assessment chapter of the importance of assessment-guided instruction. In addition, differentiation of instruction has been made a high priority, and much more attention has been paid to dealing with children from diverse backgrounds. There are also more practical examples of how teachers can put strategies into practice than in other editions, especially with the new supplementary perforated pages that can be torn out of the book for actual use with children.

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Now in its sixth edition, Literacy Development in the Early Years emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach.

Renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and purpose. This Sixth Edition embraces integrated language arts and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language at home and in the school curriculum. This edition spends more time with strategies for preschool literacy and skill development in grades Pre-K through three. This edition  also offers expanded coverage in the assessment chapter, which emphasizes the importance of assessment-guided instruction. In addition, differentiation of instruction has been given a high priority, and considerable attention has been paid to dealing with children from diverse backgrounds.

 

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  • Forty-eight new pages of classroom activities related to each chapter at the end of the book. The pages are perforated for students to remove or photocopy.
  • A new Integrated Language Arts Unit in the Appendix, called “Animals Around the World,” with a strong multicultural theme.
  • More extensive coverage of issues concerning English Language Learners has been included throughout the text.
  • Continued emphasis on research of early literacy development, including findings from the National Reading Panel, National Early Literacy Panel, Preventing Reading Difficulties, Reading First, The Rand Report, and the implications of the No Child Left Behind legislation.

 

Outstanding Endorsements for The Literacy Development in the Early Years, 6/e!

 

“The chapter on classroom organization is thorough, specific, and probably the best I have seen.”

-Audrey M. Quinlan, Seton Hill University

 

“I find it to be user-friendly for both me and the students and, generally, comprehensive in all major areas of literacy instruction.”

-Wanda Calvert, Clemson University

 

“The fact that the author included snippets from real teachers and real lesson plans is helpful and illustrates many of the author’s points. It makes the text seem authentic and helps build the bridge between theory and practice.”

-Jan Nagler, Mass Medical Society

 

 

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    • How to use online survey research tools (in Chapter 7) and how to use Excel to help organize and analyze data (in Chapters 12 and 13)

    An integrated multimedia resource

    • MyEducationalResearchLab–an online research-based learning tool–offers students an individualized Study Plan, provides instructors a set of assignable Homework and Exercises for each chapter, and provides interactive practice in evaluating and conducting research through Building Research Skills exercises. A complete list of available resources for each chapter is located in the beginning of each chapter (See, for example, pp. 65, 217, and 383).
    • For more information turn to the preface or go to www.myeducationlab.com .
  • 0132338777Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications (Book alone), 9/E
    Gay, Mills & Airasian
    © 2009 | Merrill | Cloth; 648 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132338777 | ISBN-13: 9780132338776
    Brief Description

    • Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications, ninth edition, is a practical text focused on the skills needed by competent consumers and producers of educational research. The ninth edition includes:

     

    A clear, down-to-earth approach

     

    • The accessible writing style, clear and concise explanations and humorous tone demystify the research process. (See, for example, pp. 104, 303, and 310.)
    • Tasks are included throughout the text to guide students through the process of creating their own research report. (See, for example, pp. 4, 175, and 461.)
    • Published research articles are now included in every research methods chapter. (See, for example, pp. 189, 226, and 392.)

    Broadened coverage of qualitative research and expanded coverage of technology throughout the text including:

    • A new chapter on case study research (Chapter 17)
    • How to use online survey research tools (in Chapter 7) and how to use Excel to help organize and analyze data (in Chapters 12 and 13)

    An integrated multimedia resource

    • MyEducationalResearchLab—an online research-based learning tool—offers students an individualized Study Plan, provides instructors a set of assignable Homework and Exercises for each chapter, and provides interactive practice in evaluating and conducting research through Building Research Skills exercises. A complete list of available resources for each chapter is located in the beginning of each chapter (See, for example, pp. 65, 217, and 383).
    • For more information turn to the preface or go to www.myeducationlab.com.
    .
  • 0135035015Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications (with MyEducationLab), 9/E
    Gay, Mills & Airasian
    © 2009 | Merrill | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135035015 | ISBN-13: 9780135035016
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • Designed to focus on central concerns in teaching social studies in a standards-based environment,this brief text enables teachers to successfully implement a social studies curriculum with concepts, strategies, and values relevant to elementary and middle grades. 

     

    Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Guide, 7/e clearly presents, in a friendly tone, the essential content and methods for teaching social studies in the K-8 classroom, while reflecting on the recent trends in technology, teaching English Language Learners, and meeting the needs of diverse students. The text deals with the various social studies disciplines in a way that reflects the field’s greater focus on teaching history, geography, economics, and civic education. 

  • 0205593526Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Guide (Book alone), 7/E
    Chapin
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 352 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205593526 | ISBN-13: 9780205593521
    Brief Description

    • Designed to focus on central concerns in teaching social studies in a standards-based environment,this brief text enables teachers to successfully implement a social studies curriculum with concepts, strategies, and values relevant to elementary and middle grades. 

     

    Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Guide, 7/e clearly presents, in a friendly tone, the essential content and methods for teaching social studies in the K-8 classroom, while reflecting on the recent trends in technology, teaching English Language Learners, and meeting the needs of diverse students. The text deals with the various social studies disciplines in a way that reflects the field’s greater focus on teaching history, geography, economics, and civic education. 

  • 0205641946Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Guide (with MyEducationLab), 7/E
    Chapin
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205641946 | ISBN-13: 9780205641949
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • Engaging in the Language Arts is a new text that defines the discipline of language arts. This text emphasizes the need for teachers to draw upon the language power of students–the best language resource in their classrooms–in order to succeed in teaching to our increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse student body.

     

    Engaging in the Language Arts offers students a firsthand look at the language challenges teachers will face and how teachers need to identify these language possibilities and know how to make optimal use of these possibilities in their classrooms. Distinguished author team Donna Ogle and Jim Beers have crafted an ideal text for instructors seeking a focus on contemporary communication and visual literacy, using varied genre and electronic resources. Ogle and Beers present a lively narrative, clear organization, exceptional pedagogy and special features that bring the language arts to life for teachers.

     

    Unlike comparable texts, Engaging in the Language Arts helps teachers ensure that students learn to use language to communicate with others, to explore ideas, and to demonstrate their learning orally and in written formats. While covering all of the basic writing processes, the text places a unique emphasis on the actual purpose behind teaching writing and also includes classroom-based assessments and activities reflecting state and national standards that provide important resources to help teachers differentiate instruction.

  • 0205430937Engaging in the Language Arts: Exploring the Power of Language (Book alone)
    Ogle & Beers
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 608 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205430937 | ISBN-13: 9780205430932
    Brief Description

    • Engaging in the Language Arts is a new text that defines the discipline of language arts. This text emphasizes the need for teachers to draw upon the language power of students—the best language resource in their classrooms—in order to succeed in teaching to our increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse student body.

     

    Engaging in the Language Arts offers students a firsthand look at the language challenges teachers will face and how teachers need to identify these language possibilities and know how to make optimal use of these possibilities in their classrooms. Distinguished author team Donna Ogle and Jim Beers have crafted an ideal text for instructors seeking a focus on contemporary communication and visual literacy, using varied genre and electronic resources. Ogle and Beers present a lively narrative, clear organization, exceptional pedagogy and special features that bring the language arts to life for teachers.

     

    Unlike comparable texts, Engaging in the Language Arts helps teachers ensure that students learn to use language to communicate with others, to explore ideas, and to demonstrate their learning orally and in written formats. While covering all of the basic writing processes, the text places a unique emphasis on the actual purpose behind teaching writing and also includes classroom-based assessments and activities reflecting state and national standards that provide important resources to help teachers differentiate instruction.

  • 0137147953Engaging in the Language Arts: Exploring the Power of Language (with MyEducationLab)
    Ogle & Beers
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0137147953 | ISBN-13: 9780137147953
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • The first book of its kind, Essentials of Educational Psychology focuses squarely on the core concepts, principles, and underlying assumptions of the field of educational psychology–the big ideas of ed psych.  Because of this focus and the book’s exceptionally direct and clear presentation, Essentials is a 10 chapter book that can truly be covered and understood in a term.  It is a book that enables and empowers students to understand the value and essential importance of educational psychology to becoming a qualified and quality teacher.

  • 0135016576Essentials of Educational Psychology (Book alone), 2/E
    Ormrod
    © 2009 | Merrill | Paper; 504 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135016576 | ISBN-13: 9780135016572
    Brief Description

    • The first book of its kind, Essentials of Educational Psychology focuses squarely on the core concepts, principles, and underlying assumptions of the field of educational psychology–the big ideas of ed psych.  Because of this focus and the book’s exceptionally direct and clear presentation, Essentials is a 10 chapter book that can truly be covered and understood in a term.  It is a book that enables and empowers students to understand the value and essential importance of educational psychology to becoming a qualified and quality teacher.

  • 0135035279Essentials of Educational Psychology (with MyEducationLab), 2/E
    Ormrod
    © 2009 | Merrill | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135035279 | ISBN-13: 9780135035276
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education has always been known for it's innovation, strong research base and accessibility.  The ninth edition has all of those strengths, but has a greater focus on highly effective, research-based practices that are described in a very step-by-step, applied manner.  This book is for those teachers who will be professionals in the area of special education or those who are working with students that have exceptionalities.
  • 0135144361Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (Book alone), 9/E
    Heward
    © 2009 | Merrill | Cloth; 656 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135144361 | ISBN-13: 9780135144367
    Brief Description

    • Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education has always been known for its innovation, strong research base and accessibility.  The ninth edition has all of those strengths, but has a greater focus on highly effective, research-based practices that are described in a very step-by-step, applied manner.  This book is for those teachers who will be professionals in the area of special education or those who are working with students that have exceptionalities.
  • 0135035295Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (with MyEducationLab), 9/E
    Heward
    © 2009 | Merrill | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135035295 | ISBN-13: 9780135035290
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    •  Exceptional Learners is an outstanding introduction to the characteristics of exceptional learners and their education, emphasizing classroom practices as well as the psychological, sociological, and medical aspects of disabilities and giftedness.  In keeping with this era of accountability, all discussions and examples of educational practices are grounded in a sound research base.

     

    With over 600 new references added to the 11th edition, the authors are committed to bringing the most current and credible perspectives to bear on the ever-increasing complexity of educating students with special needs in today’s schools.  The authors believe firmly that responsible instruction can help all students to maximize their potential, and they offer practical suggestions for ways in which educators can meet the educational needs of students with special needs and diverse abilities in collaborative environments that include families, other professionals, and the community. 

  • 013606793XExceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education (with Cases for Reflection and Analysis and MyEducationLab), 11/E
    Hallahan, Kauffman & Pullen
    © 2009 | Merrill | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 656 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 013606793X | ISBN-13: 9780136067931
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • This single most-adopted Inclusion text worldwide continues to provide the best source of practical strategies for teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings.  Filled with examples and vignettes, the emphasis is always on teaching methods that promote student independence at all education levels.  Its non-categorical approach helps teachers ensure all students’ success regardless of their specific categories of exceptionality. 

     

    The new edition provides significantly updated information about IDEA and NCLB, including their impact on IEPs, and the latest ideas and information about inclusive practices in the context of contemporary public education, and the dilemmas that teachers often face in appropriately educating students with disabilities in general education settings. Unique topics include the rights of general education teachers, comprehensive treatment of assessment and evaluation, examples of accommodations for students with significant disabilities, information about gifted underachievers, functional behavior assessment and behavior plans, and how to be proactive in dealing with student behavior.

  • 0205571069Including Students With Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers (Book alone), 5/E
    Friend & Bursuck
    © 2009 | Merrill | Paper; 592 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205571069 | ISBN-13: 9780205571062
    Brief Description

    • This single most-adopted Inclusion text worldwide continues to provide the best source of practical strategies for teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings.  Filled with examples and vignettes, the emphasis is always on teaching methods that promote student independence at all education levels.  Its non-categorical approach helps teachers ensure all students’ success regardless of their specific categories of exceptionality. 

     

    The new edition provides significantly updated information about IDEA and NCLB, including their impact on IEPs, and the latest ideas and information about inclusive practices in the context of contemporary public education, and the dilemmas that teachers often face in appropriately educating students with disabilities in general education settings. Unique topics include the rights of general education teachers, comprehensive treatment of assessment and evaluation, examples of accommodations for students with significant disabilities, information about gifted underachievers, functional behavior assessment and behavior plans, and how to be proactive in dealing with student behavior.

  • 0205626815Including Students With Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers (with MyEducationLab), 5/E
    Friend & Bursuck
    © 2009 | Merrill | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 592 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205626815 | ISBN-13: 9780205626816
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • This first edition text is designed to help pre-service teachers identify and confirm certification levels for their future careers, as well as better understand the learning process across the preK-12 environment.  An Introduction to Education: Choosing Your Teaching Path is unique due to its approach--focusing on 12 students (a variety from all grade levels) as well as teachers and administrators.  The author not only uses these focus students, teachers, and administrators in the opening chapter scenarios, but carries them through the text as classroom examples.

     

    The text is accompanied by video that includes classroom footage of the focus students and teachers.  No other introduction to teaching text does this: realistically captures students and teachers in action, includes them in the text as examples, and also includes photographs of the focus subjects.

     

    The overall theme is "how are the children?", reminding readers that no matter what they do in the classroom or in their professional development, that as a teacher they must always remember the student first in all actions.

  • 0131192523Introduction to Education, An: Choosing Your Teaching Path (Book alone)
    Powell
    © 2009 | Merrill | Paper; 544 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131192523 | ISBN-13: 9780131192522
    Brief Description

    • This first edition text is designed to help pre-service teachers identify and confirm certification levels for their future careers, as well as better understand the learning process across the preK-12 environment.  An Introduction to Education: Choosing Your Teaching Path is unique due to its approach--focusing on 12 students (a variety from all grade levels) as well as teachers and administrators.  The author not only uses these focus students, teachers, and administrators in the opening chapter scenarios, but carries them through the text as classroom examples.

     

    The text is accompanied by video that includes classroom footage of the focus students and teachers.  No other introduction to teaching text does this: realistically captures students and teachers in action, includes them in the text as examples, and also includes photographs of the focus subjects.

     

    The overall theme is "how are the children?", reminding readers that no matter what they do in the classroom or in their professional development, that as a teacher they must always remember the student first in all actions.
  • 0137147937Introduction to Education, An: Choosing Your Teaching Path (with MyEducationLab)
    Powell
    © 2009 | Merrill | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0137147937 | ISBN-13: 9780137147939
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • Language Arts: Patterns of Practice has long been a highly valued resource to pre-service teachers.  Built on a solid research base, this exceptionally applied and teacher-friendly text addresses all six language arts, modeling their integration into the curriculum through authentic student artifacts, classroom vignettes, and footage of master teachers in their language arts classrooms.  The seventh edition of the text, streamlined to provide a succinct, manageable model of language arts instruction, retains the rich classroom orientation, accessible writing style, and numerous features that have been the text’s hallmark, adding a sharpened focus on English Learners, deepened classroom application of the four patterns of practice, and integrated treatment of the almost limitless resources of the MyEducationLab website.  These new ideas and revisions have been crafted to help readers prepare for, plan for, and implement successful language arts instruction.   
  • 0137147767Language Arts: Patterns of Practice (with MyEducationLab), 7/E
    Tompkins
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 592 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0137147767 | ISBN-13: 9780137147762
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • This text emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach.

     

    With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose. The Sixth Edition presents a theoretical and research-based rationale for its contents, as well as extensive practical applications to help students grasp the scope and the complexity of early literacy development.

     

    This Sixth Edition embraces integrated language arts and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language in the home and in school curriculum. The use of expository and narrative selections of children's literature is emphasized, as well as motivating children to become lifelong readers. This edition spends more time with strategies for preschool literacy and skill development in grades Pre-K through three. Both constructivist problem-solving teaching techniques and more explicit systematic instruction are discussed.

     

    Key to this Sixth edition is the expanded coverage in the assessment chapter of the importance of assessment-guided instruction. In addition, differentiation of instruction has been made a high priority, and much more attention has been paid to dealing with children from diverse backgrounds. There are also more practical examples of how teachers can put strategies into practice than in other editions, especially with the new supplementary perforated pages that can be torn out of the book for actual use with children.

  • 0205593259Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write (Book alone), 6/E
    Morrow
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 560 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205593259 | ISBN-13: 9780205593255
    Brief Description

    • This text emphasizes both constructivist and explicit strategies for teaching literacy to young children within an integrated language arts approach.

     

    With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose. The Sixth Edition presents a theoretical and research-based rationale for its contents, as well as extensive practical applications to help students grasp the scope and the complexity of early literacy development.

     

    This Sixth Edition embraces integrated language arts and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language in the home and in school curriculum. The use of expository and narrative selections of children's literature is emphasized, as well as motivating children to become lifelong readers. This edition spends more time with strategies for preschool literacy and skill development in grades Pre-K through three. Both constructivist problem-solving teaching techniques and more explicit systematic instruction are discussed.

     

    Key to this Sixth edition is the expanded coverage in the assessment chapter of the importance of assessment-guided instruction. In addition, differentiation of instruction has been made a high priority, and much more attention has been paid to dealing with children from diverse backgrounds. There are also more practical examples of how teachers can put strategies into practice than in other editions, especially with the new supplementary perforated pages that can be torn out of the book for actual use with children.

  • 0205642632Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write (with MyEducationLab), 6/E
    Morrow
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 560 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205642632 | ISBN-13: 9780205642632
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  • 020562670XMYEDUCATIONLAB: Where the classroom comes to life!
    Pearson
    © 2008 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement | Instock
    ISBN-10: 020562670X | ISBN-13: 9780205626700
    URL: http://www.myeducationlab.com


    • Research tells us that an inquiry approach to science teaching motivates and engages every type of student, helping them understand science's relevance to their lives, as well as the nature of science itself. Teaching Science as Inquiry demonstrates a manageable way for new and experienced teachers to bring inquiry successfully into the science classroom through a 2-part structure: Methods for Teaching Science as Inquiry and Activities for Teaching Science as Inquiry. The Methods portion scaffolds concepts and illustrates instructional models to help readers understand the inquiry approach to teaching.

     

    With a new theme of "accountable inquiry," this leading methods text has a renewed focus on assessment (focusing on backwards planning, aligning objectives with assessments, and how to develop understanding of concepts that appear on standardized tests throughout the process of inquiry).