Designed as a “one stop shop” for classroom teachers, this book covers assessment, planning and progression of writing, spelling, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension to expand the teaching toolbox.
Dymock and Nicholson explore major focus areas in literacy instruction for teachers based on data-driven research advances. They provide the teacher a handy reference manual to consult when designing lessons to teach young children from diverse backgrounds to help them read and write for success. A general discussion of the research literature is built into the structure of the book to give teachers a knowledge base to teach and explain to children the why and the how of what they are learning. The chapters cover recent concepts of structured literacy, including systematic teaching of decoding skills, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and spelling. This practical guide uses a scope and sequence approach to teaching that gives children a solid foundation of reading and writing skills. The resources and lesson ideas will engage diverse groups in a classroom, including those at risk of literacy difficulties such as dyslexia, so they also can achieve typical achievement levels for their age – and beyond. Containing a wealth of resources and tips for teaching children ages 5–8, alongside easily downloadable lesson plans, hand-drawn charts, and posters, this book will be of great interest to all classroom teachers involved in teaching literacy.
A resource-filled book will appeal to teachers, professionals, and researchers in teacher training, with a focus on the needs of the teacher, providing practical and insightful ways to teach effectively in diverse classroom settings.
Part 1: Decoding Skills
Part 2: Reading Comprehension
4. Reading comprehension - what is it
5. Assessing reading comprehension
6. Teaching reading comprehension
Part 3: Reading Vocabulary
7. Vocabulary - what is it
8. Assessing vocabulary
9. Teaching vocabulary
Part 4: Writing
10. Writing - what is it
11. Assessing writing
12. Teaching writing
Part 5: Spelling
13. Spelling - what is it
14. Assessing spelling
15. Teaching spelling
Part 6: Planning to Teach
16. Countdown to teaching