Teaching literacy in urban schools : lessons from the field / edited by Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, Lakia M. Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara, editor.

Scott, Lakia, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts--Social aspects--United States.

Language arts.

City children--Education--United States.

City children.

Culturally relevant pedagogy--United States.

Culturally relevant pedagogy.

City children--Education.

Language arts--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 137 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]

Contents:

Part I The Classroom as Community: Academic, Social, and Cultural Needs for Urban Learners p. 1

1 Still Keeping the Dream: Lessons Learned from Successful Literacy Educators p. 3 / Meredith Dana and Lakia M. Scott

2 Not So Elementary: Preservice Teachers Reflect on Teaching Urban Middle School Struggling Readers p. 19 / Lakia M. Scott and Randy Wood

3 Writing with Spoken Word Poetry: The Power of the Pen in Classrooms p. 33 / Lauren Bagwell and Karon LeCompte and Brooke Blevins

4 Lovin' the Skin I'm In: Resurrecting Stories in the Secondary English Classroom p. 49 / Mona M. Choucair

Part II Strategies, Approaches, and Models for Increasing Literacy Motivation and Achievement p. 61

5 Aesthetic Approaches for Teaching Writing to Upper Elementary Students p. 63 / Amanda Gardner and Evan Ditmore

6 The 3CO Approach to Writing Instruction p. 77 / Nancy P. Gallavan and Gloria Loring

7 Supporting Emergent Learners in Their Beginning Steps Toward Literacy p. 91 / Margaret Thomson

8 Engaging Beginning Readers and Writers in Visual Literacy through Picture Books p. 105 / Jacqueline Easley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Teaching literacy in urban schools.

ISBN:

9781475839326

1475839324

9781475839333

1475839332

OCLC:

1014036331