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Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach, 7th Edition

ISBN-13: 978-0134813103

Author: Tompkins Gail E. (Author)

Teaching literacy with a balance of theory and applications.

Integrating the best of what we currently know about teaching reading and writing, as well as ideas that will lead us into the future, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach provides the balance of pedagogy and application that teachers need to be successful in the classroom. It covers the fundamental components of literacy, illustrates how to teach skills and strategies, identifies how to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of students today, and supports digital teaching and learning. An emphasis is placed on preparing readers to become teachers who will ensure their students meet grade-level standards. The Seventh Edition provides the theoretical background and most contemporary and practical approaches for literacy instruction–everything readers need to create a classroom climate that allows all students to flourish.

PREFACE
Teaching reading and writing effectively is a great responsibility. I think it’s one of the most critical responsibilities teachers have because literacy makes a huge difference in students’ lives—good readers and writers have many more opportunities throughout their school years and beyond. Meeting challenges for developing readers and writers has never been more important, because new technologies have changed what it means to be literate. And learning to read and write well closes the achievement gap among students, affecting not only their academic success but also their future.
This text, Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach, shares my vision for reading and writing instruction.
It covers the fundamental components of literacy, illustrates how to teach strategies, identifies how to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of students today, and supports digital teaching and learning. In a nutshell, I’ve written Literacy for the 21st Century to help you create a classroom climate where literacy flourishes, technology is a tool to meet the needs of contemporary teaching and learning,
and differentiated instruction scaffolds instruction so all students can be successful.

NEW TO THIS EDITION
delve more deeply into the chapter content and apply what you’re learning through classroom observations, interviews with students and teachers, and real teaching experiences.
Organizational Change In Chapter 10, Organizing for Instruction, I’ve added guided reading as an effective approach for teaching reading. Responding to reviewer requests, I’ve described and discussed the purpose, components, theory base, applications, strengths, and limitations of this instructional approach.
Teach Kids to Be Strategic Reviewers also requested a change to the feature Teach Kids to Be Strategic, so it has been thoroughly revised to specify what you need to do to ensure that your students have ample practice with the strategic behaviors they need to use to be successful readers and writers.
New Topics In every edition I explain new literacy concepts. These are some of the critical new discussions in this edition:
Oral Language In Chapter 1, Becoming an Effective Literacy Teacher, and Chapter 4, The Youngest Readers and Writers, I discuss the critical role of oral language in literacy development for both native English speakers and English learners. In addition, I explain how to nurture and monitor children’s oral language proficiency through grand conversations, choral reading, hot seat interviews, oral reports,
retelling stories, and other literacy activities.
Close Reading In Chapter 2, The Reading and Writing Processes, and Chapter 8, Promoting Comprehension: Reader Factors, I discuss close reading—helping students understand the deeper meaning of complex text—and I describe how to implement it in grades K–8.
Standards New features in this text address the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, demonstrate how to use them in your classroom, and point to the value of addressing Standards in lesson planning. The Standards hold you accountable for teaching grade-level-specific content, and the vignettes at the beginning of each chapter and in the Compendium of Instructional Procedures show you how effective teachers integrate the Standards into their teaching.
The Instruction–Assessment Cycle Assessment is a crucial part of effective literacy instruction. You’ll be held accountable for determining students’ literacy levels, monitoring their progress, diagnosing strengths and weaknesses, and documenting student learning. In Chapter 1, Becoming an Effective Literacy Teacher, and Chapter 3, Assessing Literacy Development, I teach you how to follow an instruction–assessment cycle; in other chapters, the information about how to assess phonics, fluency, comprehension, and other topics also follows this four-step cycle. In addition, this text is organized using the instruction–assessment cycle; you’ll notice that the terms planning, monitoring, evaluating, and reflecting are used throughout to call your attention to the learning outcomes, quizzes, and end-of chapter projects.