Ages 4-7
Shaping Literate Minds: Developing Self-Regulated Learners
Linda J. Dorn & Carla Soffos
How can teachers create a literacy curriculum that builds processing links between reading, writing, and spelling knowledge? In Shaping Literate Minds, the authors illustrate how processing theory can be applied to the everyday practices of classroom teaching.
If instruction emphasises the interrelationships of these three language areas, pupils learn how to transfer knowledge, skills, and strategies across literacy events. The authors provide clear and practical examples to support teachers as they incorporate these ideas into their classroom practices.
Based on experiences and case studies from primary classrooms, this book provides:
- explanations of processing behaviours among reading, writing, and spelling knowledge;
- observational tools that support teachers in noticing changes over time in specific literacy behaviours;
- guidance on creating conditions for developing self-regulated learners;
- authentic reading and writing samples and teacher/student interactions;
- figures and pictures that clearly describe how teachers can use assessment to inform and guide instruction, with links to national standards;
- details for establishing a school-based literacy model that includes team meetings, assessment walls, high standards, and a curriculum for literacy;
- appendixes with reproducible assessment checklists, report cards, task cards for literacy corners, and guided reading observation forms for team meetings.
With the current emphasis on accountability, high standards, and literacy achievement, Shaping Literate Minds will help teachers and administrators implement a high-quality literacy curriculum.
Contents
Language & Learning; A Curriculum for Literacy; Shaping a Literacy Processing System; Developing Orthographic and Phonological Knowledge; Teaching for Automaticity and Transfer; Developing Self-Regulated Teachers; Appendixes; References; Index
2001 160pp paperback
978-1-57110-338-3
£24.99
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