Literacy

With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, there is a renewed focus on developing writing skills and, along with it, an awareness that the new digital technologies have much to contribute in this vital area.

In this Common Core State Standards-aligned book, educators will discover research-based tips and strategies to improve literacy in upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

Explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning, and gain an array of methods to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based classroom.

Address the language, literacy, and content instructional needs of English learners. This book will help raise achievement for ELs through new instructional strategies and assessment processes.

This book presents a deep and thoughtful conversation about what is meant by effective reading instruction for all students.

Key research and practical strategies enable all teachers to create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception.

This well-rounded collection of reading intervention strategies, teacher-friendly lesson plans, and adaptable miniroutines will support and inform your RTI efforts.

This comprehensive collection of powerful literacy tools and strategies for secondary teachers is based on research from top literacy experts.

Emily Feltner, EdD, has over 30 years of experience at all levels in education. She works with schools and districts in the areas of leadership, literacy, and school improvement.

Kate Stavish is a middle school English teacher at Loudoun Country Day School in Leesburg, Virginia. A former assistant principal, she works with instructors from all divisions to build school and classroom culture and to implement disciplinary literacy for all students.