More than 100 ways to learner-centered literacy / Laura Lipton and Deborah Hubble ; cover designer, Scott Van Atta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipton, Laura, author.

Hubble, Deborah, author.

Contributor:

Atta, Scott Van, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Preschool)--United States.

Language arts (Preschool).

Language arts (Elementary)--United States.

Language arts (Elementary).

Active learning--United States.

Active learning.

Literacy--United States.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Packed with stimulating activities and innovative strategies, this how-to book addresses all levels of learner-centered instruction and literacy.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Section I - Designing a Literate Environment

Chapter 1 - Learning Language by Using it

1. Labels, Labels Everywhere

2. Where in the Room is it?

3. Wordstrings

4. String 'Em up

5. Hang-Ups

6. Shoe Bag Classification

7. Word Ribbons

8. Class Mailbox

9. Message Center

10. Personal Word Banks

Chapter 2 - Building on Students' Experiences

11. Classroom Libraries

12. Mainly Menus

13. Taking Off with Advertising Flyers

14.Weekly Words

15. The Living Bulletin Board

Chapter 3 - Establishing Literacy Workstations

16.Workstation Rules

17. The Key to Knowledge

18. Housekeeping

19. Introducing the Writing Workstation

Section II - Orchestrating Student Interaction

Chapter 4 - Buddy Studies: Learning in Pairs

20. Turn to Your Neighbor and . . .

21. Level-of-Learning Reading Partners

22. Learning Partners

23. Paired Verbal Fluency

24. Learning-Partner Biographies

25. Summary Pairs

26. The King and Queen of Questions

Chapter 5 - Structuring Small Groups

27. Story Map Trios

28. Get the Point

29. Peer Revision: Learning Together

30. Peer Editing: Sharing Glows and Grows

Chapter 6 - Reading Conference: Flexible Student Grouping

31. Establishing the Climate

32. Student Preparation

33. Temperature Checking

34. Developing the Format

35. Flexible Groupings

36.Working One on One

Section III - Developing Fluent Comprehension

Chapter 7 - Developing Skills by Increasing Fluency

37. Choosing and Using Predictable Text

38. Innovations on Text

39. Toot! Toot!

40. Radio Reading

41. Say it Like the Character

42. Reader's Theater

43. Partners Predict

44. Opin

45.Word Splash

46. Say Something

Chapter 8 - Extending the Reading Experience.

47. Figures of Speech

48. Create a Comic

49. Finding Common Ground

Chapter 9 - Integrating Instruction

50. Student-Selected Theme Topics

51. Civic Projects

52. Imagine if You Were . . .

Section IV - Nurturing Lifelong Learners

Chapter 10 - Routines for Reading to, with, and by Children

53. Read Alouds

54. Familiarity Breeds Confidence: Shared Reading

55.We are Readers: A Class Record

56. Sustained Silent Reading

57. Guided Reading

Chapter 11 - Writing Centers: Reading/Writing Connection

58. Readers' and Writers' Workshops

59. Purposeful Tasks

60. Published and Unpublished Work

61. Paths to Publication

Chapter 12 - Building a Community of Learners

62. Literature Clubs

63. Join the Chorus

64. Mine, Yours, and Ours

65.Writing Autobiographies

Section V - Assessing Student Growth

Chapter 13 - Kid-Watching in the Classroom

66. Anecdotal Records

67. A Nifty Notebook

68. Sticky Helpers

69. Individual Student Checklists

70. Class Checklists

71. Historical Checklists

72. Interviews

73. Open-Ended Questions

Chapter 14 - Student Portfolios

74. Crate 'Em up

75. Bulky Bundles

76. Portfolio Contents

77. Portfolio-Prompted Planning

78. Entry Slips

79. Autobiographies of Work

80. Biographies of Work

Chapter 15 - Exhibitions and Performance Tasks

81. Building in Authenticity

82. Anchors and Archetypes

83. Developing a Rubric

84. Exciting Exhibitions

Section VI - Leading Learning-Focused Conversations: Strategies for Professional Development

Chapter 16 - Crafting the Container: Starting, Structuring, and Sustaining Thinking

85. Simple Stem Completions

86. T-Chart Opposites

87. 3-2-1

88. Mindful Memorandum

89. Brainstorm and Pass

90. Problem-Solving Partnerships

91. Going Graphic.

Chapter 17 - Learning-Focused Consultation

92. An Idea Menu

93. Make Your Thinking Transparent

94. Patterned Response: What, Why, How

95. The Big Idea

96. Categorically Speaking

97. Sharing Causal Theories

Chapter 18 - Inviting Thinking: A Sampler of Questions for Literacy Coaching

98. Questions for Planning

99. Questions for Reflecting

100. Questions to Stimulate Discussion

101. Metaphor and Invention

References and Further Readings

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781452293738

1452293732

9781452297149

1452297142

OCLC:

932344265