Teaching Literacy in Urban Schools - Lessons From the Field

This book seeks to provide some practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge by understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing culturally appropriate instructional strategies that have demonstrated success among African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Classroom as Community: Academic, Social, and Cultural Needs for Urban Learners
Chapter 1: Still Keepers of the Dream: Lessons Learned from Elementary Literacy Educators
Meredith Dana and Lakia M. Scott
Chapter 2: Not So Elementary: Preservice Teachers Reflect on Teaching Urban Middle School Struggling Readers
Lakia M. Scott and Randy Wood
Chapter 3: The Power of the Pen: Writing with Spoken Word Poetry
Lauren Bagwell, Karon LeCompte, and Brooke Blevins
Chapter 4: Lovin the Skin I'm In: Advocating for "stories" via Young Adult Literature
Mona Choucair
Part II: Strategies, Approaches, and Models for Increasing Literacy Motivation and Achievement
Chapter 5: Aesthetic Approaches for Teaching Writing to Upper Elementary Students
Amanda Gardner and Evan Ditmore
Chapter 6: The 3CO Approach to Writing Instruction
Nancy P. Gallavan and Gloria L. Loring
Chapter 7: Supporting Emergent Learners in Their Beginning Steps Toward Literacy
Margaret Thomson
Chapter 8: Using Picture Books to Engage Beginning Readers and Writers in Visual Literacy
Jacqueline Easley
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index

About the author

Edited by Barbara Purdum-Cassidy and Lakia M. Scott

Summary

This book seeks to provide some practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge by understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing culturally appropriate instructional strategies that have demonstrated success among African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara (EDT)/ Scott Purdum-cassidy, Barbara Scott Purdum-Cassidy
• Assisted by: Barbara Purdum-Cassidy (Editor), Purdum-Cassidy Barbara (Editor), Lakia M. Scott (Editor), Scott Lakia M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781475839326
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3932-6
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; English, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, Reading, EDUCATION / Urban, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English language & literacy, Educational: First / native language, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts