Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students / Edition 8

by Thomas G. Gunning

Overview

The Eighth Edition of this authoritative, best-selling resource from distinguished author Tom Gunning gives aspiring and practicing teachers the help they need to become highly effective teachers—so that their students become proficient readers and writers well on their way to preparing for college and careers. Drawing on landmark research that focuses on highly effective practices, such as setting goals, monitoring progress, and teaching strategies, Gunning’s Teaching Literacy Strategies for All Students is packed with step-by-step guidance for teaching reading and writing, including 30 sample lessons that cover virtually every major literacy skill and strategy, incorporating the key elements of effective assessment and instruction. The book emphasizes how to adapt instruction for struggling readers and writers, English language learners, and special needs students; stresses effective steps teachers can use to implement Response to Intervention; and familiarizes teachers with the reading and writing requirements stemming from the widely-adopted Common Core State Standards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780132685795
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	03/02/2012
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Thomas G. Gunning, a former junior high English teacher and elementary school reading consultant, is Professor Emeritus, Southern Connecticut State University, where he was department chair and reading clinic director. Currently an Adjunct Professor, Reading/ Language Arts Department, Central Connecticut State University, Professor Gunning has conducted research on group reading inventories, vocabulary assessment, reading disabilities, intervention programs, readability, response to intervention, decoding processes and strategies, and literacy skills needed to cope with high-stakes tests. His other books with Pearson include Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties, Fourth Edition; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students In Grades 4-8, Third Edition; Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students: Building Reading, Reasoning, and Responding; Closing the Literacy Gap; and Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children in Grades Pre-K to 4, Second Edition.

Table of Contents

1. The Nature of Literacy
2. Teaching All Students
3. Assessing for Learning
4. Emergent/Early Literacy
5. Teaching Phonics and Syllabic Analysis
6. High-Frequency Words, Fluency, and Extended Reading
7. Building Vocabulary
8. Comprehension: Theories and Strategies
9. Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures
10. Reading and Writing in the Content Areas and Study Skills
11. Reading Literature
12. Approaches to Teaching Reading
13. Writing and Reading
14. Creating and Managing a Literacy Program

Editorial Reviews

[Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students] is by far the best text we have reviewed for our course on classroom reading instruction… Each chapter presents important information about literacy instruction in a manner that undergraduate students understand. It is comprehensive and informative.”

– Dr. Cindy Jones, Utah State University



“[Strengths include] the breadth of coverage and inclusion of supportive diagrams, tables, and figures... Also, the anticipation guides are wonderful supports and ways to engage discussion in class.”

– Dr. Erika Gray, University of North Carolina at Greensboro



“It’s remarkable how the text includes such a wide range of content that is relevant and helpful for preservice and inservice teachers.”

– Dr. Irene Welch-Mooney, University of New Mexico



“Gunning presents information in a straightforward way. I like how he provides depth and breadth to the material and uses lots of examples. This is a book both undergraduate and graduate students could use.”

– Dr. Kerry Holmes, University of Mississippi

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