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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 opened a path to success. Compelling and absorbing, the book includes unusual and often surprising approaches for connecting with students, including books that made a difference.
Acknowledgments.
The Author and Editor.
The Contributors.
PART ONE: CONNECTION: KNOWING THE LEARNER.
About the Stories (Susan E. Israel).
1. Expecting the Aha! Moment (Karen Kindle).
2. Facing My Chair Forward (Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio).
3. Books Will Be Her Legs (Vicki S. Collet).
4. "I Guess Kids Can Be Teachers Sometimes" (Cynthia J. Poston).
5. Through the Red Door of Room 207 (Angie Zapata).
6. To Know Them Is to Teach Them (Martha Ford).
Reflections on the Breakthroughs (Susan E. Israel).
Breakthrough Elements.
Lessons Learned.
Ten Literacy Breakthrough Actions You Can Take Today.
Further Reading.
PART TWO: MOTIVATION: THE RIGHT BOOK CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
About the Stories (Susan E. Israel).
7. Carpet Fuzz, a Staple, and a Story (Danna Parsons).
8. A Plan to Listen (Emily Manning).
9. Every Picture Tells a Story: Supporting Young Authors with Wordless Picture Books (Elizabeth M. Frye).
10. "I’m an Amazing Reader!" (Karen A. Jorgensen).
11. A Special Boy Teaches Us Special Lessons (William P. Bintz and Pamela T. Wright).
12. Kids Become Better Readers . . . by Reading! (Kathy A. Egawa).
13. The Mattie Club: Created by Children Who Love Poetry and Life (Lindsay P. Grow).
14. My Opinion: No One Ever Asked Before (Lisa Janes).
15. Spiderman to the Rescue (Daniel T. Holm).
Reflections on the Breakthroughs (Susan E. Israel).
Breakthrough Elements.
Lessons Learned.
Ten Literacy Breakthrough Actions You Can Take Today.
Further Reading.
PART THREE: MOTIVATION: MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCES.
About the Stories (Susan E. Israel).
16. Learning to Read His Own Way (Terry S. Atkinson).
17. If They Can’t Learn the Way We Teach, Maybe We Should Teach the Way They Learn (Nina L. Nilsson).
18. "I Gotta Touch the Book!": Reading Aloud with Young Toddlers (Amelia C. Evans and Mariana Souto-Manning).
19. "What Does This Say"? a Small Request with Huge Implications (Marianne McTavish).
20. Gifts from My Heart (Mary J. Banta).
21. Ten-Year-Olds, Tapes, and the Epiphany (Sheila Gaquin).
22. Why Art? (Monique Poldberg).
Reflections on the Breakthroughs (Susan E. Israel).
Breakthrough Elements.
Lessons Learned.
Ten Literacy Breakthrough Actions You Can Take Today.
Further Reading.
PART FOUR: TRANSFORMATION: LEARNING TOGETHER.
About the Stories (Susan E. Israel).
23. Perseverance, Motivation, and Collaboration: The Tools Needed for Success (Katie Sullivan).
24. Better Than a Base Hit (Deborah Vessels).
25. "Cheeese!" (Gina A. Goble).
26. Formulaic Writing Is Not for Everyone: Especially Gifted First Graders (Evangelina "Gigi" Brignoni).
27. Spelling, Reading, and Writing Give Joey an Unexpected Voice and His Teacher and Classmates Inspiration (Richard M. Oldrieve).
28. "You Know Those Marks . . . ?" (Alexa L. Sandmann).
29. Nudging One Reluctant Writer into Action (Lori Berman Wolf).
Reflections on the Breakthroughs (Susan E. Israel).
Breakthrough Elements.
Lessons Learned.
Ten Literacy Breakthrough Actions You Can Take Today.
Further Reading.
PART FIVE: CONCLUSION.
Seven Pathways to Literacy Learning (Susan E. Israel).
Pathway #1: Be Open to Discovery.
Pathway #2: Develop an "I Can" Attitude.
Pathway #3: Cultivate Students’ Trust.
Pathway #4: Match Instruction to the Learner.
Pathway #5: Celebrate Achievements.
Pathway #6: Seek Wisdom from Others.
Pathway #7: Make Teaching Personal.
Bibliography.
Index.
Overview
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 ...