Designing early literacy programs : differentiated instruction in preschool and kindergarten / Lea M. McGee, Donald J. Richgels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGee, Lea M., author.

Richgels, Donald J., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Preschool)--United States--Case studies.

Language arts (Preschool).

Children with disabilities--Education (Preschool)--United States--Case studies.

Children with disabilities.

Literacy programs--United States--Case studies.

Literacy programs.

Individualized instruction.

Children with disabilities--Education (Preschool).

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Guilford Press, [2014]

Summary:

"This acclaimed teacher resource and course text describes proven ways to accelerate the language and literacy development of young children, including those at risk for reading difficulties. The authors draw on extensive research and classroom experience to present a complete framework for differentiated instruction and early intervention. Strategies for creating literacy-rich classrooms, conducting effective assessments, and implementing targeted learning activities are illustrated with vivid examples and vignettes. Helpful reproducible assessment tools are provided. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Subject Areas/Keywords: assessments, at-risk students, beginning readers, CCSS, classroom environments, classrooms, Common Core State Standards, differentiated instruction, early childhood reading, early literacy, ELA, emergent, English language arts, foundational skills, interventions, kindergarten, language, literacy development, preschool, prevention, programs, reading difficulties, response to intervention, RTI, struggling, teaching, writing Audience: Preschool and kindergarten teachers; reading specialists; school and child care administrators; instructors and students in early childhood education and early literacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Who is at risk for reading difficulties? : implications for prevention and intervention programs in early literacy

Accelerating children's language and literacy learning in exemplary prevention classrooms

Keeping the end goal in mind : teaching for knowledge and comprehension gains

Literacy development and its assessment

Using assessment to plan differentiated instruction

Small-group differentiated instructional activities for early emergent readers and writers

Small-group differentiated instructional activities for later emergent readers and writers

Small-group differentiated instructional activities for experimenting readers and writers

Differentiated instruction in action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

146251412X

9781462514120

9781462514243

1462514243

OCLC:

870530781

Publisher Number:

99959101814