More Than 100 Ways to Learner-Centered Literacy: Edition 2
About this ebook
—Gayle Simoneaux, Teacher
Mimosa Park Elementary School, Luling, LA
"The book features an easy-to-understand format with lots of ways to incorporate literacy development into the classroom."
—Debbie Smith, Teacher
Lady′s Island Elementary School, Beaufort, SC
Use research-based, student-centered strategies to nurture thoughtful, lifelong readers!
This updated edition of More Than 50 Ways to Learner-Centered Literacy provides a user-friendly collection of methods and strategies for delivering effective literacy instruction. The authors include more than 100 practical techniques that are grounded in a constructivist, learner-centered approach and demonstrate how to develop:
- A rich environment that fosters vocabulary and reading skills
- Student interaction through strategies like Buddy Studies, Partner Biographies, and Story-Map Trios
- Fluency and comprehension by using predictable text, innovations on text, and more
- Student assessments through observations, anecdotal records, and open-ended questions
Aligned with National Reading Panel recommendations, this resource includes inventive ideas from master teachers to promote continuous improvement in literacy teaching and learning.
About the author
Laura Lipton is codirector of MiraVia, LLC, a publishing and development firm in Sherman, CT. Lipton is an international consultant whose writing, research, and seminars focus on effective and innovative instructional practices and building professional and organizational capacities for enhanced learning. She engages with schools and school districts, designing and conducting workshops on organizational development, learning-focused instruction, literacy development, and strategies to support beginning teachers. Lipton applies her extensive experience with adult learners to workshops and seminars conducted throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on such topics as learning-focused relationships, data-driven dialogue, teacher leadership, action research, and learning-focused mentoring. She is the author and coauthor of numerous publications related to organizational and professional development, learning-focused schools, and literacy development.
Deborah Hubble is an elementary school literacy coach in the Katy Independent School District, Houston. She also serves as a writer of monthly research abstracts for Effective Schools, a nationally acclaimed school reform organization. Her school-related passions include creating authentic literacy experiences for children, providing professional development in reading and writing workshop approaches, and supporting and educating stakeholders through organizational change and school reform. With experience as a special education teacher, district language arts coordinator, and elementary school librarian, Hubble has pursued an interest in learner-centered literacy for twenty years.
