Teaching Reading and Writing: The Developmental Approach

This guide presents the tools and knowledge pre-service and experienced teachers need to teach literacy in a developmentally responsive and integrated way, while meeting the diverse needs of students in today's classrooms. Popular authors Shane Templeton and Kristin Gehsmann have written the most comprehensive yet accessible presentation of the developmentally-based approach to literacy instruction in a foundational methods text.


Teaching Reading and Writing: The Developmental Approach gives pre-service and experienced teachers the knowledge and tools they need to teach reading and writing effectively and engagingly in pre-K through grade 8 settings. Using a conversational tone to present a wealth of critical content, this book helps readers connect theory to practice through vignettes and sample lessons from real classrooms; authentic student work samples; ideas for using and integrating print-based and digital texts across the curriculum; and tools for organizing and managing a comprehensive, developmentally-responsive literacy program.

Designed to encourage teaching in a student-centered, research-based manner, the book begins with assessment to help readers learn to identify students' stages of development as a means for determining not only what to teach, but how. The book reflects an integrated model of literacy instruction based on the understanding that reading and writing are developmental processes, presenting the essential elements of literacy—word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and motivation—in every chapter. Foundational chapters address the nature of development and the interaction of thought, language, and literacy. Additionally, there are chapters devoted to each stage of development: Emergent, Beginning, Transitional, Intermediate, and Skillful.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Foundations of Literacy Instruction 1
Chapter 2: Language, Thought, and Literacy Development 32
Chapter 3: Effective Literacy Instruction: Principles and Practices 71
Chapter 4: Prioritizing Student-Centered Assessment and Instruction 112
Chapter 5: Foundations of Language and Literacy Instruction for English Learners 153
Chapter 6: Emergent Literacy: Engaging the World of Print, Developing Oral Language, and Vocabulary 173
Chapter 7: Beginning Conventional Reading and Writing 219
Chapter 8: Transitional Reading and Writing 270
Chapter 9: Intermediate Reading and Writing 315
Chapter 10: Skillful Literacy 364
Chapter 11: Response to Instruction: Intervention and Acceleration for Readers Who Struggle 414

About the author

Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies, University of Nevada, Reno.  A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, he has focused his research on the development of orthographic and vocabulary knowledge.  He has written several books on the teaching and learning of reading and language arts and is a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.
 
Kristin M. Gehsmann is Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Master’s in Reading Concentration at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont.  A former elementary school teacher and preK-12 literacy consultant, she conducts research on narrowing the achievement gap in high poverty communities and bringing research-based practices to scale through ongoing professional development.

Summary

This guide presents the tools and knowledge pre-service and experienced teachers need to teach literacy in a developmentally responsive and integrated way, while meeting the diverse needs of students in today’s classrooms.  Popular authors Shane Templeton and Kristin Gehsmann have written the most comprehensive yet accessible presentation of the developmentally-based approach to literacy instruction in a foundational methods text.
 

Teaching Reading and Writing: The Developmental Approach gives pre-service and experienced teachers the knowledge and tools they need to teach reading and writing effectively and engagingly in pre-K through grade 8 settings. Using a conversational tone to present a wealth of critical content, this book helps readers connect theory to practice through vignettes and sample lessons from real classrooms; authentic student work samples; ideas for using and integrating print-based and digital texts across the curriculum; and tools for organizing and managing a comprehensive, developmentally-responsive literacy program.
 
Designed to encourage teaching in a student-centered, research-based manner, the book begins with assessment to help readers learn to identify students’ stages of development as a means for determining not only what to teach, but how. The book reflects an integrated model of literacy instruction based on the understanding that reading and writing are developmental processes, presenting the essential elements of literacy—word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and motivation—in every chapter. Foundational chapters address the nature of development and the interaction of thought, language, and literacy. Additionally, there are chapters devoted to each stage of development: Emergent, Beginning, Transitional, Intermediate, and Skillful.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Gehsmann, Kristin M. Gehsmann, Shane Templeton, Shane R. Templeton
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9780205456321
• ISBN: 978-0-205-45632-1
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 201 mm x 251 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 894 g
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics