For graduate and undergraduate courses in Elementary Reading Methods.
This popular text shows readers how to implement research-based principles of best practice instruction, related to state standards, into the reading classroom. It describes how to develop a solid literacy framework for instruction, identifying the central principles of best practice, derived from research and tied to state reading standards. Each chapter begins with a central principle of literacy instruction, then explores a wide variety of teaching strategies that support this principle. Written by two of the most recognized experts in the field, this is the first textbook to show how to systematically integrate new technologies into literacy instruction. A series of instructional models prepares readers for the thoughtful and meaningful integration of the Internet and other technologies into the classroom.